Water damaged 70-200mm 2.8 worth repairing?

Hello hello,

I need a little advice.

70-200mm lens dropped in a pool (oops)

No warranty left.

Can this be repaired? Is it worth getting repaired? Anyone have any idea how much this will set me back?

Thanks!

Call Canon service and ask them for an estimate.

Send it to Canon for a quote, then decide.

Kay thanks, will do.

Chances are good that you can repair it, and it shouldn't be too expensive. Things in your favor:

- The power to the lens (electronics) was OFF when it got wet
- It fell into a pool, not salt water

Most likely they'll disassemble the lens and clean everything and relubricate.

It should cost a lot less than a new lens to fix this.
Bad luck though.

I would love to see a thread of what different people are quoted for repairs for different items so people can get an estimate of what it is going to cost them to repair things.

I know I had broken plastic feet on one of my 550ex flashes and that cost me $110, and then I had another 550ex that was more severely broken and it also cost me $110 plus S&H. So at least my experience so far that Canon does 'flat rate fixes' for things.

Let me us know what they quote you to repair the lense, and is this an IS or non-is as I am sure that makes a difference with their quote.

Christopher

Wow $110 to replace a hotshoe. I repaired it myself for $8.00 and bought a spare for just in case it breaks again. Total time it took to repair it under 15 minute.

It is really going to depend on whether or not water got in between the element pieces and if so, which elements. If you look at a cross section of a lens, each element is made up of 2 to 3 pieces of glass. Canon doesn't dissasemble elements to clean them, they'll replace it.
I can say that the first element is $400 for the part without labor. I think their standard labor rate is $200 for the 70-200

Like everyone else said, send it in to Canon to at least get an idea

Well the local shop wanted $75 an hour (min 1 hr) plus parts just to look at it and do the repair. So I figured just sending it to Canon for repair would be easy enough and I would have a fixed cost.

Christopher

in the pool??? were you playin frissbee with it? lol

serious, sorry to hear that...but as mentioned above, it will be much cheaper than buying a new lens...Good luck with it.

do keep it in the dry box in the meanwhile, i think it helps!

there was once i was cleaning the front element of my ef 85mm f/1.8 and well, i slipped and about 5ml of water got into the lens. i know its not a lot compared to a whole pool, but. and after it got wet, the af wouldn't work and the lens was foggy. at that time, i thought that a trip to canon would be in line. but as i was busy, i waited a week, and then when i tried it again, it was working fine!

of course, in your case, i wouldn't expect it to just turn out fine. but like i said, i think it helps.

well he is 'friend of a squid'...

i like the idea of having a sticky repair thread with costing details.

Here's a little secret.

You can completely submerse electronics and they'll still work just fine when they're DRY. Key word is dry here - if there's any humidity on the circuit board you could short things out at worst or have at least random errors during operation.

I used to wash off old motherboards in the sink with a soft brush and dishwashing liquid.

You could put a lens in a Ziploc(TM) bag with a handful of silica gel packs...

Warranty would not have covered it anyway. Do you have homeowners insurance, it might cover it.