AMAZING!!

Sw1tchFX · Jul 14, 2007

So I was climbing back into my car after shooting a little bit earlier today and had my D70 with my 17-55 f/2.8 in my hand. Climbing back in, I slipped on the gravel under my feet and bumped the lens on my emergency brake handle kind of hard. I thought. "meh, it's made out of metal, it's supposed to be able to take a few bumps, and I didn't even hit it that hard." :meh:

Lo and Behold, every single shot i've made since that bump with that lens has been out of focus! The damn thing focuses in front of the subject and now I have to get it aligned!

Really, i'm so happy right now I have to shell out about $100 and wait two weeks to get the focus calibrated. [/rant]

Does anyone know of a repair shop they've used where it doesn't take two weeks? I mean c'mon, does it really take two weeks to calibrate a lens?

I'm not sending it to Nikon becuase it would take well OVER two weeks, and becuase it's my fault, it's not covered under warrenty.

oldnavy170 · Jul 14, 2007

Wow, that sucks!!! Sorry to hear that!!!!!

Riggaberto · Jul 14, 2007

No, but do let me know if you find out, it would be good to know as I'm in the Seattle area too, or at least will be next fall (UW)

Sw1tchFX · Jul 15, 2007

i'm goign to be in portland over the weekend and I called a place there to see if I could just drop it of and get it calibrated right then and there and they said the same thing, two weeks.

so.. I called up Nikon too, it's goign to be about $100 and 7-10 days. I've heard mixed stories about Nikon's support, but whatever, I need a working wide angle.

Mitica100 · Jul 16, 2007

Associated Camera Repair
[SIZE=-1]http://www.associatedcamera.com[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]3401 Ne Sandy Blvd[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Portland, OR 97232[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1](503) 232-5625[/SIZE]

They are Nikon specialists.

Sw1tchFX · Jul 16, 2007

DELUXE! I'll call them up tomorrow morning.

thanksamillion!

JIP · Jul 16, 2007

I don't know Nikon turned my repair pretty quick with no troubles and any time I called about it they were pretty helpful but of course at the time I was not in a mad rush.

Sw1tchFX · Jul 16, 2007

well, associated said that the diagnostic and quote is free, so I'll go ahed and fedex it off tomorrow and see what happens. They said that it could cost anywhere between $50-$200, depending on if I really screwed something up.

I'll post back and tell you what heppens.

Don Simon · Jul 16, 2007

Sw1tchFX said:
I'm not sending it to Nikon becuase it would take well OVER two weeks, and becuase it's my fault, it's not covered under warrenty.

Is the lens marked where you hit it? If not, they don't need to know it's your fault... strange how the lens suddenly started mis-focusing...

Sw1tchFX · Sep 9, 2007

Ok, so this thread was made on July 13th, and it's September 9th.

I just got my lens back yesterday from the repairs. I ended up going to two different shops because nobody could see what was wrong with it because I guess they don't hook them up to cameras during testing. I ended up going to Camera Solutions and I actually had to hook my lens up to a D2x and show them what was wrong with it. I coulnd't do it on my D70 becuase the jpegs don't have enough resolution and they didn't have software that could read RAW images. They said, "oh, our testings equipment doesn't test to infinity".

SO, I had to ship it down to the Nikon repair facility anyway and it took 3 weeks to get quoted, fixed, and sent back.

breaking equipment sucks, and I'm still not 100% sure if they fixed it completely.