Lens Servicing

[Pippy_Neville]

Hi all,

My 28-105 is getting a bit tired, the zoom is just not quite as smooth as silk. How much does it cost to get a lens serviced and where do you take it?

And having read a few threads where people have popped the front off for interior cleaning, is it something that I dare try and do myself? I would guess pop the front off and a deep clean then a tiny almost dry application of wd40 to the zoom barrel? Or is that a BAD idea?

Thanks,
Pip

[wack61]

It's not a bad idea if you're giving up photography, it might be if you intend to use it again, i'd just put up with it, the 28-105mm doesn't warrant the £100 it'll cost IMO

[realspeed]

Just looked up the value of the lens and it retails at around the £200 mark if I am looking up the right one.

The questions you have to ask yourself is
A is the cost of sending it away for repair worth it, you still have a used lens when it comes back

B if you tried to do the repair yourself and something went wrong you would either have a more costly repair or scrap it

C Go and by a new lens anyway

It really all depends if you think you are capable of carrying out a delicate repair and using WD40 could possible cause smears on the lens. it only takes a drop to fall in the wrong place.

If you are really beginnng to struggle with the lens and have the finances in place I would opt for getting a new one, but only you can decide.

Realspeed

[Pippy_Neville]

It's not a bad idea if you're giving up photography, it might be if you intend to use it again, i'd just put up with it, the 28-105mm doesn't warrant the £100 it'll cost IMOLol, not intending to give up just yet wack! Thanks for the heads up on costs.

Just looked up the value of the lens and it retails at around the £200 mark if I am looking up the right one.

The questions you have to ask yourself is
A is the cost of sending it away for repair worth it, you still have a used lens when it comes back

B if you tried to do the repair yourself and something went wrong you would either have a more costly repair or scrap it

C Go and by a new lens anyway

It really all depends if you think you are capable of carrying out a delicate repair and using WD40 could possible cause smears on the lens. it only takes a drop to fall in the wrong place.

If you are really beginnng to struggle with the lens and have the finances in place I would opt for getting a new one, but only you can decide.

Realspeed
Thanks for the advice realspeed. Trouble is it's the old (allegedly much better) version of the lens that's not available any more. I'll have to have a think about it, maybe i'll try and disassemble it a bit and just clean it without resorting to the magic that is WD40... But I'll leave it a while, it's not too bad at the moment.

[RichardtheSane]

Lol, not intending to give up just yet wack! Thanks for the heads up on costs.


Thanks for the advice realspeed. Trouble is it's the old (allegedly much better) version of the lens that's not available any more. I'll have to have a think about it, maybe i'll try and disassemble it a bit and just clean it without resorting to the magic that is WD40... But I'll leave it a while, it's not too bad at the moment.

Generally these lenses do come up for sale used at about the £120 mark (Bit more with the hood) so depending on the service price a service may be cost effective as you will end up with a tip top lens.