07-23-2018, 04:32 AM
Get a Sony / Fuji / Nikon / Leica and move on 
It was you who didn't want to hear the "Send the lens to be repaired" sentence, but I'm afraid that's what should happen here. I never heard or read in manuals advice for taking gravity into account while storing or transporting a lens. All other kinds of precautions like no direct sunlight, keep away from water, damp and moisture, avoid dust and sand (so basically keep the lens in it's box, its' very safe in there).
But did your Mama told you that you always should stay to the truth (because I bet she didn't, no adult does, too buy with gravity) and eventually mention that the lens might have had a little tiny bit less than soft contact with the ground? Only once of course and with a very friendly looking ground?
It was you who didn't want to hear the "Send the lens to be repaired" sentence, but I'm afraid that's what should happen here. I never heard or read in manuals advice for taking gravity into account while storing or transporting a lens. All other kinds of precautions like no direct sunlight, keep away from water, damp and moisture, avoid dust and sand (so basically keep the lens in it's box, its' very safe in there).
But did your Mama told you that you always should stay to the truth (because I bet she didn't, no adult does, too buy with gravity) and eventually mention that the lens might have had a little tiny bit less than soft contact with the ground? Only once of course and with a very friendly looking ground?