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Canon L lens failures

Started Mar 4, 2015 | Discussions thread
Phil BH Senior Member • Posts: 1,043
Re: Canon L lens failures
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I had my 70-200 F/4 L IS fail, it would not focus properly, after about six years of very hard use and travel. I thought that was okay. Canon service created a problem the first time it went in for repair, but subsequently fixed it. The price for repair was worth it and I am still using it three years later. It is a great lens.

Nothing last forever, especially mechanical things. The electronics usually fail sooner rather than later, and many of the electrical things that fail later involves a mechanical cause, loose connection, or a broken wire or circuit.

Any lens can fail, but I do believe my L series lenses are fairly robust. Mine have been lugged around the world and have been used in bad conditions, being place in a placing, non-photo specific backpack, the lenses simply placed in the bag with their thin original non-padded pouch or sometimes nothing at all. I do this to not advertise I have expensive camera gear when shooting in potentially dangerous places.  I think the fact my gear still works well is a testament to their construction. The finish still looks good on the 70-200 as well.

Sorry the OP has had a bad run of luck, it happens sometimes, and it can happen with any product or brand.

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