[evalon]

Hello Photozoners,



A neighbor gave me this lens the other day and although I noticed that it didn't look quite ok anymore (it looks as if the top part of the lens is skewed) - I wonder if it can be repaired? That is - does it make sense to try to have it repaired?



Thanks for any inputs you may have,



Best regards,



Jesper

[mst]

[quote name='evalon' timestamp='1332940215' post='17128']

That is - does it make sense to try to have it repaired?

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That's very unlikely. If this is the model without IS, you can get working units starting at around 30 EUR on eBay (at least here in Germany). The current 18-55 IS is available used from 50-60 EUR upwards and sells for just above 100 EUR new.



I doubt that any repair attempt would end at a lower price than that.



-- Markus

[evalon]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1332940913' post='17129']

That's very unlikely. If this is the model without IS, you can get working units starting at around 30 EUR on eBay (at least here in Germany). The current 18-55 IS is available used from 50-60 EUR upwards and sells for just above 100 EUR new.



I doubt that any repair attempt would end at a lower price than that.



-- Markus

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Hi Markus - thanks for your reply. It was my impression as well that it wouldn't be worthwhile to repair it. So I'll let it go ...



Regards,



Jesper

[popo]

It wont be economic to pay someone to fix it, but if you have spare time you have little to lose by trying it yourself. I always find it interesting poking around the inside of a lens, although I've never repaired one before...

[Sylvain]

Like popo said, and in the *very worse case*, you might want to try just to push it back into position. You'd be surprised how many things are "engineered" to click. I "fixed" my 20mm f/1.7 like that after a silly fall.