Fungus in lens - worth repairing?

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Hey,

My canon 100mm macro has some fungus in it :gag:

If I send it to Canon to be cleaned/repaired does anyone know roughly how much this would cost?

Do they charge for looking at it, as I might send it to them to see if its worth repairing.

Cheers
 
Not sure if they will charge for looking at it. I had a Bronica 75mm lens some time ago with fungus. I was told it could be easily cleaned off if it wasn't too established. They sorted mine out ok - I suspect it depends on how deep into the coating it has got.

Phil
 
Hi you don't say where abouts you are but I recently had an old Nikon zoom cleaned and a spec of fungus seen to at Premier electronics of Sheffield. Made a lovely job and cost £70.00
 
Cheers Guys, I'm in Glasgow so there is a Canon authorised repairer in Glasgow but I've never used them.

I got an email back from Canon to say the estimate is free, but they cannot tell me how much the return postage is if I dont get the repair done?
 
I'd have thought they would use RMSD or the like insured to the value of your lens - a quick weigh and look at Royal Mail prices should give you an idication. :thumbs:
 
Just to let you guys know, Canon CPS charge £130 to replace the front group of elements, test and calibrate this lens :(
 
mcneep said:
Just to let you guys know, Canon CPS charge £130 to replace the front group of elements, test and calibrate this lens :(
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Not ideal, but it's worth it to get a perfect lens!

Phil
 
I know, just a pain when the car needs a new timing belt as well :razz:

But so far quite impressed with Canon CPS communication, its the 1st time I've had to deal with them and so far so good.
 
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