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At this point just gonna have to put my trust in the company canon reccomended in wembley
Toni ,do you mind me asking whom canon recomend please.
Just been on eBay seeing what's being sold another 600mm f4 I.s mk i on there for the bargain price of £5,450.00.
The parts for that are going to be a struggle as well I think we as photographers need to be very careful what we buy in the future.
I'm now essentially right back where I started Rich,that worries me. this concern about something going wrong is essentailly why I searched so hard for the fixer. An unsupported by canon big white is all but a ticking time bomb. I noted your move earlier in the thread mate,the fact you have had two switch assemblies fail on the same lens I use makes me even more fearsome. The thing is Rich the sums of money for a mark ii super tele are are so huge it's such a lot to find, that many many are going to struggle to find those sums. I think canon have basic got all of us by the short and curlies, the biggest issue is gong to be for many once one has had a taste going eslewhere to a different product is probably not going to cut it.
These tools are amazing they are relied on. the best of anything is always silly expensive,It's just finding a boffin out there who is clever enough and genuine enough to keep them going. But as it stands now I think you made a wise move !! (hmm the actual lens you chose appeals personally on a huge level ,but i might speak elsewhere on that with you if I may I don't want to derail tonis thread.) if I ain't already
Guys beyond a fixer the note about spares being scarce.....................I read somewhere (true false you'll correct me) that the delays on getting the 400DO is II to new owners (initially) was because the lens was basically being made by a hand ful (I mean, 4 or 8, something silly ) canon engineer's.
Although we all know of these lenses,if only a handful of guys on the planet can make the blummin thing,then they isn't going to be a monster pool of spares being made or guys that can fix sadly
yet the prices hold for the first is which is amazing all things considered
they've got us frankly hook line and sinker
all the luck toni
stu