ANYONE with a Nikon 16-35mm.... Quick help

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TCR4x4

TCR4x4

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Can you check something for me please..
On the lens mount, on the outside metal part just below the plastic "lip" where the contacts are, can you check to see if there is a small hole, or a screw facing outwards.


Maybe have some important info regarding this.

The arrows show the general location, not the actual one, please check all around that area.


16-35 by TCR4x4, on Flickr
 
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On mine, where the top arrow is appears to be 2 small screws, 1 small and 1 tiny one, where the bottom arrow is appears to be another very tiny screw
 
Well that tiny screw stops the lens from turning past where it should. It's missing on mine, hence why it got stuck onto the body and destroyed my camera. The lens contacts touched the wrong corresponding ones on the camera and fried both the lens and camera
The Nikon guy rang me and asked what lens it was that got stuck on my body. As soon as I said 16-35' he went, "oh"

That's the only lens with this design and the only one according to them that can get stuck on. As such, I'm posting the lens to them and they are repairing both the camera and lens for free if it turns out this is the issue, which seems likely that it is. Before he had this info he was blaming me for misuse and I was liable for any costs.

Which is handy, as I'd just before boxed the lens up to go to fixation to repair the bent aperture lever I discovered yesterday.
 
wow, one tiny screw to do that job? Seriously odd!

Bit of a result for you though if they do repair both FOC. Good luck with it.
 
TCR4x4 said:
Well that tiny screw stops the lens from turning past where it should. It's missing on mine, hence why it got stuck onto the body and destroyed my camera. The lens contacts touched the wrong corresponding ones on the camera and fried both the lens and camera
The Nikon guy rang me and asked what lens it was that got stuck on my body. As soon as I said 16-35' he went, "oh"

That's the only lens with this design and the only one according to them that can get stuck on. As such, I'm posting the lens to them and they are repairing both the camera and lens for free if it turns out this is the issue, which seems likely that it is. Before he had this info he was blaming me for misuse and I was liable for any costs.

Which is handy, as I'd just before boxed the lens up to go to fixation to repair the bent aperture lever I discovered yesterday.
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That rang a bell with me, and after a bit of searching turned up an identical tale on DPR:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1030&message=40057786&changemode=1

Time for me to withdraw my Wanted ad for the 16-35 I reckon :eek:
 
Hi Tom,

Just had a look at my 16-35.

Top arrow there is a small screw accompanied by an even smaller one and a small screw at the left arrow - all three of these screws are recessed so not sure how these would prevent over rotation.

However, a bit further around (anti-clockwise) from the left hand arrow there is another small screw that protrudes out, I can totally understand how without this screw the lens could be over-rotated.

Hope you get both your lens and D700 fixed free of charge by Nikon.

Good luck

Cheers
Osmo
 
Well that's good to know it wasn't me, and comforting to hear others have this screw and others have had similar issues. So hopefully it should all be sorted FOC, which is a massive weight off my mind. I was wondering how I was going to afford it all.
 
Thanks for posting the info. I've only just got my 16-35 and will now give it a quick check over before putting it on the camera each time. :thumbs:
 
Hi Tom,

One month ago, I had the exactly the same issue on the same 16-35 after two months of use. I've returned it to my reseller. Now, Nikon Belgium argues that the lens was misused and refuse to take care of the reparation under waranty!

This kind of problem shows clearly a a very weak design and in any case not a user abuse.
It seems Nikon UK admit this fact.

Did you get your reparation free of charge? Did you need to argue with Nikon UK?

Thanks, Dominique.
 
dtorette said:
Hi Tom,

One month ago, I had the exactly the same issue on the same 16-35 after two months of use. I've returned it to my reseller. Now, Nikon Belgium argues that the lens was misused and refuse to take care of the reparation under waranty!

This kind of problem shows clearly a a very weak design and in any case not a user abuse.
It seems Nikon UK admit this fact.

Did you get your reparation free of charge? Did you need to argue with Nikon UK?

Thanks, Dominique.
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Sorry to hear this. At first I got told it was my fault and I'd be liable for the repair bill to both the camera and lens. I told them I wouldn't accept this and to look again. They tried to say I had removed the lens off the wrong way. After telling them sharply I had been using Nikon for 10 years and knew which way the lens came off he agreed to get another engineer to look at it.

I got a phone call later that day admitting it was this screw that was missing and it was a known manufacturing fault with that lens and they would cover the full cost of repair for the lens and body.

I sent my body off, and got both the lens and body back fully repaired within a week.
 
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