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I have just shattered the innards of my beautiful, wonderful 50mm lens. :eek:

It all started when I decided that the lens wasn't clean enough and decided to tip half a bloody oceans worth of cleaning fluid across the surface, which of course managed to leak inside and turn every picture I took a clouded kind of grey colour. I swore a bit, huffed about the state of the world and bloody idiots who don't know how to use cleaning fluid, and shoved it under my bed where it sat and waited for me to realise that I needed it. Fast forward to today, a friend asked me to take some photographs of her brand new baby. Humbly crept I, rescued Mr. 50mm from where he had been unceremoniously shoved, and pleaded with a DIY-expert friend to mend it for me. It took about thirty attempts with at least fifteen different screw drivers but she managed to open it, take all of the fiddly little bits out, I eagerly snatched it from her and then -

And then the little glass bit FELL OUT of the stupid bloody lens and SHATTERED on the floor!

I am such a prat.

What do I do now? Can I get little fiddly glass innards or do I have to buy a whole new lens? Can I send it away and get it fixed? Does anyone from the London area want to swap my passport/sister/value of the lens for the lens for a couple of hours tomorrow morning?

I feel like such an idiot. Tell me that anyone could have made this mistake. :(
 
Snownation said:
How did the glass bit manage to fall out when your friend reassembled it back?
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don't think it had been put back together - more he wanted to clean it first.

but he dropped it - ouch
 
Don't worry, I fired petrol into my eye.
Long story short, I'm not very 'handy'. I was cutting the grass, it ran out of petrol. I grabbed a green bottle from the shed and brought it to the lawnmower. I was crouched, and I pulled the bottle up to my face to smell it to make sure it was petrol. As I did this, the bottle banged onto my knee, and as you know the basics of physics, the petrol splashed around inside the bottle and literally fired out of the hole and into my eye. 2 hours in A&E and 2 litres of saline slowly dribbled onto my eye and I was home and finishing the cutting of the grass :)

Anyone could have made your mistake, Persephone (if that's your real name :suspect:), but just be thankful you broke an £80 lens and not a £400 camera body or potentially something less fixable. Like your eye.
 
Snownation, stokecity_m is right. We took it apart to clean the fluid out of it, which is the point where I grabbed it and broke the stupid bloody thing. I really don't think sometimes, should have known that something would fall out! It looked a lot more secure than it actually was.

Foodpoison, thanks! Your story made me giggle, but it's definitely helping to put things into perspective. It was just so horrible, seeing that little piece of glass falling and being too slow to save it.

ujjwaldey8165, I'm from near Bromley but happy to travel. I really don't want to let my friend down and I'm so excited about finally getting a chance to practice real newborn shots. I use a Nikon, and just need something that can take the close-up shots. Like I said, I'm happy to leave the value of the lens as collateral, or my passport or something equally as vital and incriminating if I make off with it!
 
Thanks, Andrew. I love my 50mm and do want to have it repaired. I'll definitely drop that company an e-mail and see if they're able to fix it for me. Hopefully it will be cheaper than buying a new one!

Snownation, the 50mm lens would be ideal - I know how to use that one! Or if you have anything similar and don't mind lending it out, please feel free to drop me a PM. I'd be able to get it back to you for tomorrow evening at the latest.
 
I have a nikon 18-55 kit lens that came with D50. Not sure that serves your purpose; but if it does, I'll be in my office in Victoria tomorrow at 8.30. Do let me know

Ujjwal
 
I'm still trying to get my head around someone taking a lens apart themselves, rather than send it to the manufacturer for a service...
 
Arkady said:
I'm still trying to get my head around someone taking a lens apart themselves, rather than send it to the manufacturer for a service...
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Sheer curiosity Rob........:)
 
Depending on which 50mm it is, it may not be worth repairing, just buy a new (or fresh 2nd hand) one. And if it takes someone more than 2 or 3 tries to find the correct tool for a job, take whatever the job is away from them!

If I was closer, I would happily loan you my 50mm (an older f/1.8 so not ideal for D40,60 and the like) or even a 24-70 but 200 miles or so eack way is a bit impractical.
 
Yup, no problem. Afraid it'll be Nikon fit and I'll want a 7 grand cash deposit (in advance, non refundable).
 
Arkady said:
I'm still trying to get my head around someone taking a lens apart themselves, rather than send it to the manufacturer for a service...
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Or pouring cleaning fluid on it in the first place :thinking:
 
Make the deposit 9 grand and you can borrow the D700 as well.
 
Arkady said:
I'm still trying to get my head around someone taking a lens apart themselves, rather than send it to the manufacturer for a service...
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I took a Novoflex 400mm 'follow-focus' lens apart when it had become sticky to operate. But even to this callow youth in the 70's it was made of simple stuff and I could get it back together working smoothly. :D

Got to wonder why snatching stuff from the 'DIY repairer' was ever going to be a good idea though.
 
AND?!?

What happened then?

Did you get a lens?

Did you get the pics?

Well!?

:lol:

-Rob

ps Oh hey! My first post... A special Fisher-Price moment... :naughty:
 
Robert Davies said:
AND?!?

What happened then?

Did you get a lens?

Did you get the pics?

Well!?

:lol:

-Rob

ps Oh hey! My first post... A special Fisher-Price moment... :naughty:
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And...

I got a lens. ujjwaldey8165 was kind enough to lend me his lens for the day, the wonderful man.

I got the pics, which I'm busily editing now. I don't yet have permission to flaunt the baby all over the interwebs so I can't yet share, but she was so VERY adorably cute and I have decided that I want one. :D (But don't tell my boyfriend!)

Naturally, next time I manage to wreck a fiddly piece of equipment, I'll be sending it off to the experts! Now, I wonder how this camera of mine works...
 
Got the pics? Excellent!

I'm sure you'll be a wonderful Mum one day :)

Now be more careful with the tech-ni-ma-cal stuff!

-Rob
 
Persephone said:
And...

I got a lens. ujjwaldey8165 was kind enough to lend me his lens for the day, the wonderful man.

I got the pics, which I'm busily editing now. I don't yet have permission to flaunt the baby all over the interwebs so I can't yet share, but she was so VERY adorably cute and I have decided that I want one. :D (But don't tell my boyfriend!)

Naturally, next time I manage to wreck a fiddly piece of equipment, I'll be sending it off to the experts! Now, I wonder how this camera of mine works...
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That's awesome ujjwaldey8165- hats off to you :)
 
Persephone said:
And...

I got a lens. ujjwaldey8165 was kind enough to lend me his lens for the day, the wonderful man.

I got the pics, which I'm busily editing now. I don't yet have permission to flaunt the baby all over the interwebs so I can't yet share, but she was so VERY adorably cute and I have decided that I want one. :D (But don't tell my boyfriend!)

Naturally, next time I manage to wreck a fiddly piece of equipment, I'll be sending it off to the experts! Now, I wonder how this camera of mine works...
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:eek::eek: nooooooooooooooooooooooo, they grow up, they become teenagers, you really don't want one!! Stick to nursing your lenses a bit more :lol:
 
Yv said:
:eek::eek: nooooooooooooooooooooooo, they grow up, they become teenagers, you really don't want one!! Stick to nursing your lenses a bit more :lol:
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But they make awesome photography subjects. ;) Maybe I can just keep popping them out and send them off to the orphanage when they're old enough to answer back.
 
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