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Dropped my 24-70……
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While out on a job last night i managed to drop the above lense.
It seems to be working ok,,, but when i zoom in and out, there is a terrible rubbing/rough noise coming from it.
Any idea’s about what it is……..or should i leave it as is.?
It is insured.
Sean.
The zooming mechanism is probably knocked slightly out of position, I guess.
If your insurance covers damage through dropping etc., you might as well take advantage of what you are paying for and send it off to see if it can be fixed.
Insurance me arse! I dropped my Canon 10-22 and got a quote of €180 for repair, went in to make a claim and I would have to pay the first €150 myself and I would have gotten €30 from my insurance. I didn’t bother claiming and footed the lot myself
It shouldn’t cost too much for repair Sean and you might need your insurance for something more important… What if you dropped your camera :evil:Pat
lousy wrote:
Insurance me arse! I dropped my Canon 10-22 and got a quote of €180 for repair, went in to make a claim and I would have to pay the first €150 myself and I would have gotten €30 from my insurance. I didn’t bother claiming and footed the lot myself
It shouldn’t cost too much for repair Sean and you might need your insurance for something more important… What if you dropped your camera :evil:Pat
Thanks for feedback lads. Will see how much it will cost to fix.
will keep you informed on how i get on.
sean.
I dropped my Canon 10-22
:shock: How many is that Pat? Your’re probably uninsurable at this stage! :(
Alan
How many is that Pat? Your’re probably uninsurable at this stage!
:lol: Very funny Mr Wonka :roll: one lens and a camera, and you?
Pat
Likewise :oops: …while still attached to a tripod. Sorry, there was another lens too that chipped a tile…
Slightly off topic, but I thought I might as well pass on my lens changing technique as this seems to be a common issue with photographers, but one that hasn’t happened to me (yet) in my 20 years of photography. Although I don’t do this all the time, I do make a conscious effort to do it whenever I change a lens.
Because my camera bag is usually on the ground when I’m shooting, if I need to change a lens it means I have to stoop or crouch down to pick up the next lens I want to use. I then just stay crouched down while I change the lens and usually end up doing so over the camera bag. The simple act of decreasing the distance of a lens to the floor, by simply crouching down like this, means that if the lens does slip and fall, it has a much shorter distance to travel and will be travelling a lot slower, thus reducing the impact and therefore the risk of damage. Furthermore, by changing the lens over the bag it will probably land on the edge of one of the dividers and the distance is even less, usually less than a foot. Of course there is a likelihood that it will crash into another piece of equipment, but even so, I think the risk of damage is significantly reduced by working this way.
Just a tip I thought I’d pass on for what it’s worth. Hope you get your lens sorted out with a minimum of fuss and outlay.
If you have your kit insured seperatley to your house Sean it might be worth checking what the excess is on your policy.
If my memory serves me correctly you might have taken out a special policy on your kit only. The excess might be lower than the standard 150 on houses/cars… then again it might not. Worth checking.
J
lousy wrote:
shouldn’t cost too much for repair Sean and you might need your insurance for something more important… What if you dropped your camera :evil:
Pat
I see where you’re coming from with regards to the excess, Pat but I never heard of an insurance policy where you could only claim once. If you drop your camera you can claim again.
Not that I’m saying Sean should definitely claim. Checking the price/possibility of repair is the obvious next step, I suppose.
I never heard of an insurance policy where you could only claim once.
I wasn’t intimating that, but if you claimed for the lens today and dropped your camera tomorrow
well that would be two claims in a short period, and I’d be thinking claim after claim looks a little suss;
and I would rather pay for the repair of the lens myself than go down the multi claim route.Pat
I don’t know about over there but here in the US I just purchased a “rider” on my home owners for all my camera and compter gear. I am covered for about anything that could happen. There is no dedcutable and this “rider” was only $78 per year. Since I’m coming to Irlend next motnh I thought this was a small price to pay to cover my gear.
lousy wrote:
I never heard of an insurance policy where you could only claim once.
I wasn’t intimating that, but if you claimed for the lens today and dropped your camera tomorrow
well that would be two claims in a short period, and I’d be thinking claim after claim looks a little suss;
and I would rather pay for the repair of the lens myself than go down the multi claim route.Pat
I can dig it. :)
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