Rental lens failure rates

[Flash In The Pan]

This might have been posted before, makes for interesting reading though, especially if you're considering buying a Sigma lens.....

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[StewartR]

It is interesting, isn't it? (Perhaps more so to me than to other people!!!)

The link above is a bit old now. Here's the full sequence.

Lens repair data v1.0 - Sep 08
Lens repair data v2.0 - Nov 08
Lens repair data v3.0 - May 09

 

[Wail]

I love statistics, it makes things so much clearer.

Thanks for posting that, sure makes it easier to decide on what to avoid.

 

[Dino f]

Its intresting to see that some of the lenses were sent for repair due to "error99".
Dean

 

[ppp]

Gonna just nip home and wrap my 120-300 in some cotton wool!