DROPPED my 24-70L!!

My 5d with the 24-70 attached fell foward while on a tripod about 2 1/2 feet off the ground. Luckily I had the hood attached but there was still enough force to bend the locking mechanism on the hood and knock it back. I had to use some force to get it realigned and off. I havent took test shots but I can already tell at the long end I should be fine but at 24-35mm the barrel is bent to the right and the zoom ring is extremly stiff, it sounds like its grinding on the sides I'm going to take it to the korean service center and see how much they will quote me to get it fixed and calibrated. Any idea how much I should be looking to pay? I'm seeing 200-300 on the forums...

Thanks for any help in advance guys

Did it hit a hard surface ? Just curious. A tripod tipping over 2.5 feet doesn't sound like anything should have been damaged. The more I think about it, the more I think a "ruggedly built" lens is marginally more resistant to impact than a consumer lens although I did have a 135L fall out of my bag onto a hard tiled floor once and bounce a few times before coming to a rest. It had its hood on and only suffered a bent mount (rear cap was also on, btw). Considering how high it bounced and the number of times, the hood is what saved it. Also a CZ 28/2.8 mounted on a tripod, fully extended, toppled over lens first into the ground. Fortunately the ground was soft and wet so just had to wipe off all the wet dirt.

I've had my Tamron 28-75, attached to a body, fly off my car seat more than once with zero damage.

PS: the 135 was in the bag and I swung the bag onto my shoulder, where it decided to leap for freedom.

bohdank wrote in post #12068141
Did it hit a hard surface ? Just curious. A tripod tipping over 2.5 feet doesn't sound like anything should have been damaged. The more I think about it, the more I think a "ruggedly built" lens is marginally more resistant to impact than a consumer lens although I did have a 135L fall out of my bag onto a hard tiled floor once and bounce a few times before coming to a rest. It had its hood on and only suffered a bent mount (rear cap was also on, btw). Considering how high it bounced and the number of times, the hood is what saved it. Also a CZ 28/2.8 mounted on a tripod, fully extended, toppled over lens first into the ground. Fortunately the ground was soft and wet so just had to wipe off all the wet dirt.

I've had my Tamron 28-75, attached to a body, fly off my car seat more than once with zero damage.

I thought the same thing. When I saw the hood was attached I was thinking "thank god" but after playing with the zoom and hearing the grinding I knew something def changed. It feel on a hard "fake wood" surface. I read a few forums and I think one person said it best "everything has a sweet spot in where maximum damage is done, you can drop one thing off a cliff and it will survive, but drop it 2 feet in the wrong angle and it greaks" or something to that extent.

just gave it more thought.. I think the fact that it was extended out with the hood attached it gave it more "flex" or leverage to bend. Like breaking a pencil, its easy when its long but gets tougher as it gets shorter.

alwaySleepy wrote in post #12068149
I read a few forums and I think one person said it best "everything has a sweet spot in where maximum damage is done, you can drop one thing off a cliff and it will survive, but drop it 2 feet in the wrong angle and it greaks" or something to that extent.

That is true.

Sorry to hear that. Send it to canon and get back shooting.
Anyway how could the tripod falls? Just curious.