Got my first L lens, and it was free.

My friend gave me her Canon 28-70 f/2.8L lens a few days ago since it couldn't be repaired by Canon Factory Service.
She had dropped her 5D with the lens on about a handful of times over the years.

3 of the 4 screw tabs (the tabs that the silver lens mount is screwed to) were broken and causing the lens to separate right behind the zoom ring.
After figuring out how to take the back of the lens apart, I glued the tabs back on and they seem to be holding fine.

there is still an issue with the telescoping section, it has a little side to side play in it and I have no idea how to really get the lens completely apart to see how to fix that.

Other than that, the lens still works great.

here it is on my 40D,

crazy - it looks like its in pretty good shape... Have you looked into any 3rd party service centers that repair older lenses?

i'd love to have a friend like that, i found a L lens at a pawn shop once for 130 dollars but didn't have a dslr to justify the buy. I still kick myself for not buying it and stowing it away.

Andrushka wrote in post #10745642
crazy - it looks like its in pretty good shape... Have you looked into any 3rd party service centers that repair older lenses?

Canons letter said that other service centers may have the parts to fix it, I just don't have the spare cash at the moment.
Work has been very very slow for the past 18 months.

Zepher wrote in post #10745726
Canons letter said that other service centers may have the parts to fix it, I just don't have the spare cash at the moment.
Work has been very very slow for the past 18 months.

yeah i feel you... i have a couple of things that need to be worked on too, but I'm waiting for the same reason...