"The Lens" is Back Home

After being dropped on its head, the fine folks over at Bergen County Camera were able to put my little humpty dumpty lens back together again.

Final analysis; the aperture rings were busted.

I guess that's what happens when you drop a lens on a marble floor.

Bergen County Camera Review:

I wanted to find a "local" repair shop that I could have my Canon Lens looked at, because I didn't want to send it back to the manufacturer and find out that it was going to cost more to repair the lens than I had originally paid.

The customer service rep at Bergen County Camera told me that they'd send it to Canon (for $25 shipping) and have them take a look at it. They'd deal directly with the Canon folks (God knows how much I love talking on the phone) and they'd get back to me with a price quote for the repair.

Dealing with the repair department at Bergen County Camera turned out to be a bit of a hassle. It took about five phone calls to finally get the official "YES, PLEASE HAVE CANON REPAIR MY CAMERA" processed by the repair reps.

Other than that headache, everything was great.

I've got "The Lens" back and will be testing it out with the new Canon XTi later this evening.