BananaRepublic
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Yesterday my camera and lens fell about a foot on pavement lens on, ie, the lens was on the camera, a sigma 70 200 f2.8, and it hit the ground front on and smashed a UV filter I had on it. Luckily the UV filter seemed to take the brunt of the impact so the lens glass isn't broken however the autofocus system has been damaged.
The auto zoom control is working but does noticeably whine whilst its moving and the auto focus isn't working at all however manually the entire things seems fine. There is very minor mark on the outside of the lens housing which I may have even done myself when filing down a bit of the UV filter ring although the treads on the lens side are compressed at the point of impact. My question is can this sort of damage be repairable generally, the auto focus issue would be the priority, and is worth it.
The auto zoom control is working but does noticeably whine whilst its moving and the auto focus isn't working at all however manually the entire things seems fine. There is very minor mark on the outside of the lens housing which I may have even done myself when filing down a bit of the UV filter ring although the treads on the lens side are compressed at the point of impact. My question is can this sort of damage be repairable generally, the auto focus issue would be the priority, and is worth it.