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     Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 851 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
If the lens is new your local Canon repair centre will be able to replace the scratched element - at a price! It is rare that the odd surface scratch or two will produce visible degradation of the image, and if anything is ever visible it will more than likely be seen as flare on images taken directly into the light/sun. Take a few photographs under lighting conditions that are expected to produce flare or reduced contrast and see what happens, if all looks well forget the damage and just use the lens. If you do get the lens repaired make sure that you fit it with a decent filter, they can stop this type of surface damage in most cases. I have only come across one dropped lens that suffered a damaged front element when fitted with a filter, and that fell 200ft onto a WWII runway from the open doorway of a helicopter during a photo shoot! You might also consider insurance, my policy has always covered incidents like this |