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Samantha Lloyd

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Posted on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I'm very new to photography and I just bought my first lens in January. It's a standard Canon 50mm lens... but in the past week or so it's somehow been broken! The problem is this; the area that focuses the picture somehow cocked sideways into the lens itself. One part is sticking up more than the other and it's stuck. I'm afraid to make it worse. I have no idea how this happened, but it did and I need to fix it or else get another one. I'm still finding out about an exchange or a one year guarantee... but would it be possible to fix it? Has this happened to anyone? What should I do?
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Bill Salati

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Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 07:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Samantha,

It would be helpful to know which model lens this is. Is it for an autofocus Canon EOS camera or for the older manual focus cameras?

From your description, it seems the lens the lens has been dropped. It takes a significant impact to cause the condition you have described. Your best course of action may be to buy another lens. They should be very inexpensive on the used market.
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Kevin

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Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 06:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I dropped my camera but it didn't hit very hard.
I have a really important thing to do today.
Everything works but the tape won't go in.
It is a Canon Hi8 8mm tape
Can anyone help me
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Fred Stephens

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Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 04:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

After a recent plane trip in which my EF 2.8L 70-200 lens was in checked luggage (Don't do it!), the zoom will not work. I am wondering if I should buy an repair manual and attempt this or send it off to a repair shop.

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