The zoom ring on my Tamron AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC has stripped, I see Tamron offers repairs via ups/fedex can anyone take an educated guess on what this i going to cost me?
curlydog Member  143 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Florida More info | Apr 11, 2010 11:37 | #1 The zoom ring on my Tamron AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC has stripped, I see Tamron offers repairs via ups/fedex can anyone take an educated guess on what this i going to cost me? Canon 50D / Canon 6D
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casaaviocar Senior Member  887 posts Joined Jun 2006 More info | Apr 11, 2010 12:23 | #2 How old is it? Tamron offers a 6 year warranty. I'd get it fixed under warranty then sell it. The 28-300 was a really poor lens when I owned it for about a week. Soft at both extremes, and a CA monster. The VC worked really well though. Rule books are paper they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal -ekg-
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Apr 11, 2010 13:26 | #3 casaaviocar wrote in post #9974095  How old is it? Tamron offers a 6 year warranty. I'd get it fixed under warranty then sell it. The 28-300 was a really poor lens when I owned it for about a week. Soft at both extremes, and a CA monster. The VC worked really well though. cool only 2 years old, it is soft on the end however my shooting spot is in the 135 to 185 range when shooting my daughter dance and the VC is very good, so much cheaper than the 80-200 2.8L I really want Canon 50D / Canon 6D
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casaaviocar Senior Member 887 posts Joined Jun 2006 More info | Apr 11, 2010 13:31 | #4 curlydog wrote in post #9974344 cool only 2 years old, it is soft on the end however my shooting spot is in the 135 to 185 range when shooting my daughter dance and the VC is very good, so much cheaper than the 80-200 2.8L I really want It should work really well in that range. Rule books are paper they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal -ekg-
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Happy Happy Joy Joy...just got an email from Tamron, All work is covered by the Warranty!!!!! Canon 50D / Canon 6D
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themadman Cream of the Crop  18,871 posts Likes: 14 Joined Nov 2009 Location: Northern California More info | Apr 30, 2010 14:17 | #6 Yay! Will | WilliamLiuPhotography.com
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May 11, 2010 21:04 | #7 Yippies Skippie, My lens is back!!! Canon 50D / Canon 6D
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