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Scratched RF 24-105 repair cost?

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Bryan Conner
Bryan Conner Forum Member • Posts: 99
Re: Scratched RF 24-105 repair cost?
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That would probably cause me to lose sleep at night....seriously.  But probably for only one night.  Then, I would contact my favorite authorized Canon service center and ask them. And if the cost to repair was less than the cost of a new one, or close to the cost of a scratch free used one, I would pay to have mine repaired. I don't think I could handle having scratches like that on my lens.  I know that it is probably irrational to feel like that, but that is how I roll....haha.

In my experience, when you have a lens repaired, it is probably given more attention in terms of calibration etc. when compared to a mass production situation.  This might not be true for L lenses of course, I don't know.  But I have had two lenses repaired here in Germany and both came back with better overall image quality than before.  I take shots of a lens chart with each lens when I buy one so I have a reference image in case I need one.  And comparing before and after shots (with the same camera of course) with each of my repaired lenses revealed that the overall sharpness was improved.  I don't know if it was due to de-centering issues etc as I am no lens expert.  But the lenses came back without any dust specs inside and had been professionally cleaned and adjusted.

I looked at it like getting a new lens at a cost that was less than the actual cost of a new lens.

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