Well, KEH was the place where I bought the lens (which was used and stated
as being in EX+ condition). The zoom creep showed after just a few days of
limitate use... (not a rant: just hoped they'd have checked the lens a lil'
better before declaring it as 'EX+').
Anyhow, being in Italy, I cannot afford to pay for shipment, repair, custom
charges (it seems they charge duties even for used items sent abroad for
repairing) and other expenses which will easily exceed the original lens
price.
Hope I'll find a crafted repairer here in Rome, as I like that damn lens a
lot...
Ciao!
Fabio
On 7/24/06, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I sent my Tamron 80-200/2.8 to KEH two or three years ago for dusting and
> fixing the zoom creep. It came back sparkling clean, and the zoom is smooth
> as silk and won't creep even if you hold it straight up and down and shake
> it vigorously, which I ordinarily have no reason to do, but I did try it
> once just to see what would happen. There were no focusing issues either
> before, after, or yet. $110, best I recall, including return shipping.
>
> Walt
>
> --
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> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The local Tamron recommended repair shop didn't ruin my lens but they
> were
> > useless and tried to charge for work that wasn't done. Tamron USA in New
> > York did an excellent job.
> >
> > Zoom creep shouldn't be the cause of infinity focus being off. It sounds
> > like some internal lens elements have moved from where they should be.
> If it
> > were just the barrel rotating, focus should be off by the same amount of
> > rotation at both the short and long ends.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > -jeff
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: "Fabio Fiorellato" <flowerside@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I've recently discovered that my Tamron SP 35-105mm f/2.8, apart from
> having
> > a mild amount of zoom creep, is not keeping correct focus when zooming
> from
> > one end to the other.
> >
> > -snip
> >
> > Needless to say, I'll go for another repairman rather than the one that
> > killed my Zuiko 35-105 (R.I.P.).
> >
> > Anyhow, do you think that the focus misalignment should be a direct
> > consequence of the increased zoom creep?
> >
> > Ciao!
> >
> > Fabio
> >
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