I may have missed it, but what's actually wrong with the lens?
John
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To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Lens Fixing"s?
> Depending on how much the lens would cost you to replace,
> you might just want to give it a try and attempt to fix it yourself.
> If the lense is not operating properly, and it is an relativly inexpensive
> lens, the cost of repairing it might be more than the replacement cost
> of the lens. I just repaired an older Tokina 80-210 F4.5 that had some
> fogging/fungus on one of the internal elements. The lens was not worth
> paying to to have repaired, so i did it on my own. Now the lens if
relatively
> clean and totally usable. If its not worth paying for repair for it,
> either pitch it, or try to repair it on your own. If you fix it. you just
> saved
> 60-80$ that you would have spent to get it repaired.....
>
> Another idea is to send it back to Sigma and see if they will do some
> type of factory repair on their product....no loss in trying...
>
> Good luck in what ever you decide... -Jeff
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