Where can I buy Broken Lenses?

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Strange request i know but where can i buy broken / faulty canon and sigma lenses?

They must all go some place?

I want them and i have cash ready to buy some!!
 
I have a broken nifty fifty, basically dropped it and is now in 2 parts, that any use?

May I ask what your wanting them for? Just curious.
 
I did see someone selling a nikon 17-55 2.8 broken on ebay I think a few days ago.
 
Donki said:
May I ask what your wanting them for? Just curious.
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Making Blue Peter style lenses out of sticky backed plastic and toilet roll tubes ?
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I'd like a broken lens too - someone on here (EG? Not sure) uses one for a used teabag bin - LOVE that idea in a studio :D
 
i was thinking about buying camera lenses that are not it to bad condition and getting them fixed so i can sell them to people who cant afford to but new lenses. I seen a lens on Ebay the other day, it was a 28-70 l lens and it went for £154. I phoned up a repair company, told them what was wrong with it and they said they will bring it back to like new for only £50. The lens retails for £1000.

So where does this guy get the broken lenses ? I want them!
 
I've done it before as well...

Bought a knackered Sigma 14-70mm f2.8 on Ebay for about £30. Sent it off and had it repaired for about a hundred quid... Job done!

Sold it for nearly £300 too! :D
 
I don't think I will ever be buying used lenses again after reading this :O
 
you don't need to buy them, just send them to a canon approved service centre, they'll break them for you :p
 
barry100 said:
i was thinking about buying camera lenses that are not it to bad condition and getting them fixed so i can sell them to people who cant afford to but new lenses. I seen a lens on Ebay the other day, it was a 28-70 l lens and it went for £154. I phoned up a repair company, told them what was wrong with it and they said they will bring it back to like new for only £50. The lens retails for £1000.
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A word of caution, depending on what is broken the repair can be costly. This is especially true with the complex zooms, silent AF motors and VR/OS. As an example, I bought Nikkor 17-35mm here with the broken zoom ring, got it repaired (which cost me as much as the lens). In the end the lens still cost me less than buying used but not that much. I guess what I am saying is that it is a good idea to get a cheaper lens for yourself but is not worth it if you want to sell those lenses.

Hope said:
I don't think I will ever be buying used lenses again after reading this :O
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Why? What's wrong with the lenses repaired by authorised repair center? My repaired 17-35 is really like new now and with the year warranty.
 
I use a busted 35-105 as a pencil pot and on of its elements is a funky magnifying glass

stripped it down to see how it worked then thought it look good on the desk
 
I've got a Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AIS that has the aperature wide open, it's ideal for portraits and in excellent condition other than that. I still use all my old manual lenses with an adapter on my Canon DSLR.
 
18%grey said:
I've got a Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AIS that has the aperature wide open, it's ideal for portraits and in excellent condition other than that. I still use all my old manual lenses with an adapter on my Canon DSLR.
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Good lens. Btw, this particular problem may be relatively easy to repair :)
 
barry100 said:
I phoned up a repair company, told them what was wrong with it and they said they will bring it back to like new for only £50. The lens retails for £1000.
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dalex_257 said:
Why? What's wrong with the lenses repaired by authorised repair center? My repaired 17-35 is really like new now and with the year warranty.
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The quote above is what is wrong with it, taking it to anyone on the high street is a losing formula in my opinion. It is ok if you want to keep it for yourself, but for someone like Barry who wants to do it with profit in mind, they will take the cheapest option to get it fixed, (IMO).

No offence :nuts:
 
Hope said:
The quote above is what is wrong with it, taking it to anyone on the high street is a losing formula in my opinion. It is ok if you want to keep it for yourself, but for someone like Barry who wants to do it with profit in mind, they will take the cheapest option to get it fixed, (IMO).
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In that context yes it is morally wrong. But the lens is still the lens and if I personally can get it cheaper then I will. I would also point out that it is really hard if not impossible these days to get a complex glass with complex electronics inside repaired by non-authorised repair centers. Nikon for once won't sell you spare parts for lens motors and electronics because they come with adjustment software which is only provided for authorised repair centers.

In general what I stated before about the repair costs holds true most of the time - you have to be extremely lucky to get cheap "broken" hi spec lens that will cost 50 quid to repair.
 
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