Cracked Name Ring on 50mm f/1.2L - Beware!

Just got my 50mm f/1.2L yesterday, sent it in to the Canon Service Centre today.

Mounted lens on body, with hood (not reversed) on it, and put it in the bag, when I took it out, the name ring had seperated slightly on one side from the red L ring, which caused the focus ring was wobbly. I think it might have been the pressure while in the bag (it was pretty snug inside). Lens elements were unharmed.

Technician told me the name ring or something plastic had cracked on the inside, which caused it to get seperated. Most probably due to too much pressure on the hood which acted as a lever on the lens.

Just a fair warning to not put lens hood on lenses which will be in tightly packed bags

Even better not to use the hood .

mamypoko wrote in post #10294359
Just a fair warning to not put lens hood on lenses which will be in tightly packed bags

Thanks for the heads up. I guess I'm glad I have a tight fitting bag. I couldn't fit all my lenses with their hoods reversed in the bag, therefore, I had to stack all the hoods into a separate slot to make all the lenses fit. I guess that would make me feel better now.

Bummer. New lens and a day later it's already "in the shop".

Is it safe to assume they are charging you for the repair?

Yup, paying for the spare part, but the technician waived off the service charges.

Came out to an estimated SGD $70 so about USD $50? Estimated 1 - 2 weeks waiting time for the spare part though.

Oh well, back to film for now