[OM] LensRentals.com - Lensrentals Repair Data: January – July 2012

[Chuck Norcutt]

Another good article from LensRentals.com.  On price and turnaround for 
repairs Tamron looks excellent and Olympus looks fairly good.  Not so 
good if you own Nikon or Sony.  One interesting observation is that 
large, fast lenses have higher repair rates than their slower brethren. 
  The highest frequency of repair items tend to be big, f/2.8 and really 
big f/4 zooms.  I guess AF motors and drive gears suffer the effects of 
moving large masses.  There are also comments about specific weaknesses 
of certain lenses and bodies.  There is a very high frequency of repair 
on the Canon 5D Mk III and Nikon D800s bodies and the Nikon 70-200 VRII 
for a tripod foot that's too weak and is easily bent.  If you're in the 
market for new (or even used) gear this is a recommended read.

ps:  I guess Tamron looks good on repairs since John Hermanson is now 
working there.  :-)

<http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/09/lensrentals-repair-data-january-july-2012#more-9311>


Chuck Norcutt
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