24-70L broken, what do I do?

H leighmans do Canon work. I have sent loads to them. They are brilliant and highly recommended. Also I have actually been to them because they are in Stoke. Been around a very very long time.

Fixed the IS on my 100 - 400 L
Focus on 17 - 40 L F4
Fixed and replaced parts in the 580EX Flash.


£65-95 + VAT + Parts is going to come out around £135 I think.
 
Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
H leighmans do Canon work. I have sent loads to them. They are brilliant and highly recommended. Also I have actually been to them because they are in Stoke. Been around a very very long time.

Fixed the IS on my 100 - 400 L
Focus on 17 - 40 L F4
Fixed and replaced parts in the 580EX Flash.


£65-95 + VAT + Parts is going to come out around £135 I think.
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That's good to know. I just sent off my 17-55 to them to have the focus checked out. Any idea what their turn around time is?
 
Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
H leighmans do Canon work. I have sent loads to them. They are brilliant and highly recommended. Also I have actually been to them because they are in Stoke. Been around a very very long time.

Fixed the IS on my 100 - 400 L
Focus on 17 - 40 L F4
Fixed and replaced parts in the 580EX Flash.


£65-95 + VAT + Parts is going to come out around £135 I think.
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They quoted me over £160 though.
 
You will have to pay shipping too, there and back. £20 each way for the 24-70 with RMSD for £1k cover. Fixiation uses UPS.
 
Surprised my lens hasnt died, I treat them like **** and what with Jake and his clumsy sausage-like fingers pawing at it all the time. Maybe its just luck of the draw if you get a good one or not.. Jake, I wouldn`t be too worried about going second hand.

I did have my 50mm 1.4 die the other week, was toying with the idea of buying a new one and getting the old one repaired then reselling. The AF wasnt working - but gave it a sturdy thump on my mouse mat and it started working again. Obviously its now a liability, but at least I had it for that weekends wedding. The 5D with the 50mm attached is so awesome for bridal preps - the images have a certain `feel` to them thats hard to capture with any other body/lens combo.

Drifted off-topic there.. sorry.
 
Derek W said:
Are you advising Mr Squirrel should do the same? :p
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If it was mine I`d take a punt on it - however I am in the situation if it dies, I have funds available to get a new one whilst getting the other one repaired or hiring a replacement. As a hobbyist I probably wouldn't chance it - it is an expensive piece of kit.
 
MarkECP said:
Surprised my lens hasnt died, I treat them like **** and what with Jake and his clumsy sausage-like fingers pawing at it all the time. Maybe its just luck of the draw if you get a good one or not.. Jake, I wouldn`t be too worried about going second hand.

I did have my 50mm 1.4 die the other week, was toying with the idea of buying a new one and getting the old one repaired then reselling. The AF wasnt working - but gave it a sturdy thump on my mouse mat and it started working again. Obviously its now a liability, but at least I had it for that weekends wedding. The 5D with the 50mm attached is so awesome for bridal preps - the images have a certain `feel` to them thats hard to capture with any other body/lens combo.

Drifted off-topic there.. sorry.
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I'm not too kind to my kit either, (you should see my cameras! :p), but like you say I've never had an L series fail on me (except I had a 28-70 in TORRENTIAL rain for 6 hours, I could only use it wide-open! It wasn't my lens anyway! ;))

I try to look after them but when your shooting in a gangbang or switching bodies it's hard to stop them clunking around. But in the end, luckily the amount of paint left on your body/lens doesn't affect IQ!
 
MarkECP said:
Surprised my lens hasnt died, I treat them like **** and what with Jake and his clumsy sausage-like fingers pawing at it all the time.
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Hey, I resent that! I've only dropped 2 of your lenses :p

That you know of....

Can tell you used to work in IT to...

"It's not working"

*WHACK*

"It's working now" :D
 
MarkECP said:
If it was mine I`d take a punt on it - however I am in the situation if it dies, I have funds available to get a new one whilst getting the other one repaired or hiring a replacement. As a hobbyist I probably wouldn't chance it - it is an expensive piece of kit.
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I know what you mean, i see my kit totally differently now, i still care for it just the same but it's a tool, not a baby.
 
Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
"and what with Jake and his clumsy sausage-like fingers pawing at it all the time"
Bahahahahaha that has to be another gay reference! I think that quote should be on your tombstone!
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Joking aside - his fingers really do look like small chipolatas. It would be funny if it wasn`t so darn creepy. All he needs to do is wear white dungaress, dye his hair green and the outfit would be complete.

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Indeed. Pretty easy to edit weddings you shot for me, I just go to metadata filter in Lightroom, filter by camera (I have a preset that filters out hobbyist cameras like the 300D, 40D etc) Select all - delete.

That leaves me with the good stuff. Regarding you txtmsg, if you wanna start war then I could always recount the story of the Chimney sweeps. I thought about it earlier in my head and ended up LOL.. too funny.
 
MarkECP said:
Indeed. Pretty easy to edit weddings you shot for me, I just go to metadata filter in Lightroom, filter by camera (I have a preset that filters out hobbyist cameras like the 300D, 40D etc) Select all - delete.
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lol! I swear that memory card weighed a ton last time where it was full of gold :D

That leaves me with the good stuff. Regarding you txtmsg, if you wanna start war then I could always recount the story of the Chimney sweeps. I thought about it earlier in my head and ended up LOL.. too funny.
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First one that comes to mind

*Mark and I are sitting down having our meal, and looking through photos*
*Mark has my camera*

Mark: Cor Jake, that photo is awesome!
Me: Eh?
Mark: Seriously, that's such a good shot

*me looks at camera*

Me: Very funny mate
Mark: What? Honestly, thats brilliant, you should be proud
Me: Mark, that's YOUR photo you took with MY camera

Ahh good times :D
 
Dunks said:
Personally I prefer the 'look' of a well used camera anyway ;).
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I love my 5D because it looks battered :)

Raymond Lin said:
You will have to pay shipping too, there and back. £20 each way for the 24-70 with RMSD for £1k cover. Fixiation uses UPS.
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They said that the quote includes postage back, but you're right I do need to pay for postage there.
 
Jesus... do you really hang onto memories such as that with fondness? I was actually serious about that.

No, I was thinking back to last Saturday at wedding when you was standing next to two chimney sweeps (traditional tacky wedding thing) and I came down during the bride preps and said "Jake old buddy, you did get photos of the sweeps didn`t you?" The usual vacant look fell across your face and you said "oh, I didnt realise they were part of the wedding".

NAH MATE!! Chimney sweeps always walk around in traditional victorian garb looking for passing trade - the fact we was at a weddding venue, there was a wedding on and we was shooting that wedding didn`t ring any bells with you? I have posted a picture below - from this I am sure some can understand how they managed to blend into the background...

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ScarySquirrel said:
I love my 5D because it looks battered :)



They said that the quote includes postage back, but you're right I do need to pay for postage there.
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DHL are super cheap mate - you need to use one of their boxes (take lots of packing) but I think you can probably send it for a tenner. It can be done from any DHL servicepoint.
 
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