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Posted by David on July 20, 2008, 7:14 am
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Hi all,
Looking for ideas...
My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and dropped
it. The lens has a small piece that has broken off...
http://www.revilloc.com/lens.jpg
The piece attaches to the zoom ring and drives the internal zoom mechanism
of the lens.
I have tried supergluing the piece back, but it just isn't strong enough. I
guess that I will have to send it away for repair, but if anyone has any
ideas first... it would be appreciated.
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Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
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http://www.FOCUSPortals.com - Local franchises available
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Posted by _ on July 20, 2008, 3:22 pm
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:14:17 +0100, David wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Looking for ideas...
>
> My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and dropped
> it. The lens has a small piece that has broken off...
>
> http://www.revilloc.com/lens.jpg
>
> The piece attaches to the zoom ring and drives the internal zoom mechanism
> of the lens.
>
> I have tried supergluing the piece back, but it just isn't strong enough. I
> guess that I will have to send it away for repair, but if anyone has any
> ideas first... it would be appreciated.
Would it be possible to rotate the ring a bit, and fabricate/attach the tab
to a different part of the ring?
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Posted by David on July 20, 2008, 3:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options Not really... the markings of the zoom are in reference to the location of
this.
I have been giving this a lot of thought...
My wife is going to call the sony center (it is a sony alpha camera) and see
how much it costs to repair. If it is extorniate (the cost of an identical
replacement is about £150), then no harm in trying to repair it myself.
If I do repair it, the idea I have had is to shorten the length of the tube
probably about 5mm (accurately measured length), then turn up an alluminium
stepped tube which the step will sit on the inside of the tube you see
(there is actually a step on the plastic tube, which is what I would turn
away).
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
(That bit of black plastic with the metal bit attached should be where you
can see the grey section in the tube. It points to the center of the tube.)
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Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
~~
http://www.FOCUSPortals.com - Local franchises available
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:14:17 +0100, David wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Looking for ideas...
>>
>> My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and
>> dropped
>> it. The lens has a small piece that has broken off...
>>
>> http://www.revilloc.com/lens.jpg
>>
>> The piece attaches to the zoom ring and drives the internal zoom
>> mechanism
>> of the lens.
>>
>> I have tried supergluing the piece back, but it just isn't strong enough.
>> I
>> guess that I will have to send it away for repair, but if anyone has any
>> ideas first... it would be appreciated.
>
> Would it be possible to rotate the ring a bit, and fabricate/attach the
> tab
> to a different part of the ring?
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Posted by mick on July 20, 2008, 5:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Hi all,
>
> Looking for ideas...
>
> My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and dropped
> it. The lens has a small piece that has broken off...
>
> http://www.revilloc.com/lens.jpg
>
> The piece attaches to the zoom ring and drives the internal zoom mechanism of
> the lens.
>
> I have tried supergluing the piece back, but it just isn't strong enough. I
> guess that I will have to send it away for repair, but if anyone has any
> ideas first... it would be appreciated.
home insurance?
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mick
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Posted by David on July 20, 2008, 5:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options lol...
Considered that. Not sure what our excess is. I think also our home
insurance has a sort of no claims discount as well. That might make it still
uneconomical.
Cheers.
Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
~~
http://www.FOCUSPortals.com - Local franchises available
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Looking for ideas...
>>
>> My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and
>> dropped it. The lens has a small piece that has broken off...
>>
>> http://www.revilloc.com/lens.jpg
>>
>> The piece attaches to the zoom ring and drives the internal zoom
>> mechanism of the lens.
>>
>> I have tried supergluing the piece back, but it just isn't strong enough.
>> I guess that I will have to send it away for repair, but if anyone has
>> any ideas first... it would be appreciated.
>
> home insurance?
>
> --
> mick
>
>
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>
> Looking for ideas...
>
> My son didn't put my camera away properly, then my wife moved it and dropped
> it. The lens has a small piece that has broken off...
>
> http://www.revilloc.com/lens.jpg
>
> The piece attaches to the zoom ring and drives the internal zoom mechanism
> of the lens.
>
> I have tried supergluing the piece back, but it just isn't strong enough. I
> guess that I will have to send it away for repair, but if anyone has any
> ideas first... it would be appreciated.