repair????

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I recently dropped my eos and lens. approx fall was 6 feet. the lens filtre cracked but as far as I can see the lens is not scratched. shold I bother to take them in tio get them check or do you thik they will be ok? is there any way to check other then to shoot???? thanks Andy

-- andrew smith (njdfan@hotmail.com), February 11, 2002

Answers

Wasting a roll of film is probably cheaper than taking it to a shop.

It would be nice to know what lens this is and what camera you have it attached to. It might make a difference in how you troubleshoot it.

But, set the camera to M mode and select a shutter speed of 1 second or longer, with an aperture of f/16 or so. Fire the shutter while looking into the lens. Do the aperture blades stop down?

Does it autofocus while looking through the viewfinder?

Does manual focus work well?

Does the zoom operate smoothly?

-- Jim Strutz (j.strutz@gci.net), February 12, 2002.


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