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Canon L lens failures

Started Mar 4, 2015 | Discussions thread
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Re: Canon L lens failures

blogdawg wrote:

I've been a user and advocate of Canon products since 1995, recommending them many times to camera shoppers, but I'm rapidly losing faith in the quality of their L series lenses. In the past 6 months alone, I've had three Canon L lens failures which so far has cost me over $1200. The first failure was the 24-105mm f/4 L, which had the infamous "err 01" failure, which essentially means a ribbon cable loses connection when the lens is zoomed out. While this has been a common failure with this lens among many photographers, Canon refuses to admit the problem is a manufacturing defect. The second failure was with the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens, which turned out to be the same problem as with the 24-105. My third failure was with the 85mm f/1.2L II lens, which would hang up at the minimum focus distance while seeking focus.

While it certainly seems like you've had a run of bad luck - how long have you had those lenses?

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