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EF 70-200 F4L IS 1st gen

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jcr67
jcr67 Senior Member • Posts: 1,602
Re: It's all about statistics

neilt3 wrote:

SteveHU89 wrote:

jcr67 wrote:

Busleung wrote:

I repaired my 70-200 f4 twice with the same problem of being not able ot AF or even MF. Paid twice 350USD to Canon. For replacement of barrels, the same problems happened again and again. One year after 2nd repair, problem shown up again. Finally switch to 70-300L several years before switched to RF now. Honestly I think that is the only Canon lens I owned such unreliable.

Now after reading that you had the issue repeatedly I would definitely not pay for the repair, I guess the rumors I read about a fix were false. Also a coincidence, I traded the lens towards a Canon 70-300L.

This is depressing to say the least...

Mine works great and has never had a repair.

If the the lens was so prone to failure and repair also failed frequently, it would be common knowledge.

First I've heard .

So yes , some lenses will fail , some repairs will fail .

It's a statistical fact for anything.

Type of use , handling and storage play a bigger part on how long an item lasts .

A little bits luck of the draw .

Not sure how common it is, but it is a known issue with this lens. I am including a link to a video that shows the issue I am referring to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIl5a1fT8Ow

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