leon
03-09-2012, 02:19 PM
Hi Guys, a couple of days ago I posted a thread in regard to having a Canon 600mm F/4.0L Lens repaired.
Although your responses to this was quick, I sadly have to say the lens is dead :sadeyes: :sadeyes:
I had only spoken to my friend and heard of the accident, and he told me about its condition, but after seeing the lens today, and finding out the real truth, I can now reveal it is worse than what i was told. :sadeyes:
The story goes like this, he the lens owner was in the process of taking some evening sunsets along the rocky coast here in Darwin.
It was a little breezy, and it was mounted on a tripod and only a few feet above the water line on some rocky out crop.
To cut a long story short, it toppled into the drink, hit a rock and drowned, along with the Canon 7D attached :eyepop: :eyepop:
Yep you guessed it, it is totally stuffed, :sadeyes: as is the camera.
I held it in my hands today and nearly cried.:sad::sad:
As it turned out he was insured, so that is good, but to see some very large L Glass like that is so sad. :sadeyes:
Leon :thumbsup:
Although this is a 500mm, the one that i used to own, it looks very similar to this, just a bit larger.
Although your responses to this was quick, I sadly have to say the lens is dead :sadeyes: :sadeyes:
I had only spoken to my friend and heard of the accident, and he told me about its condition, but after seeing the lens today, and finding out the real truth, I can now reveal it is worse than what i was told. :sadeyes:
The story goes like this, he the lens owner was in the process of taking some evening sunsets along the rocky coast here in Darwin.
It was a little breezy, and it was mounted on a tripod and only a few feet above the water line on some rocky out crop.
To cut a long story short, it toppled into the drink, hit a rock and drowned, along with the Canon 7D attached :eyepop: :eyepop:
Yep you guessed it, it is totally stuffed, :sadeyes: as is the camera.
I held it in my hands today and nearly cried.:sad::sad:
As it turned out he was insured, so that is good, but to see some very large L Glass like that is so sad. :sadeyes:
Leon :thumbsup:
Although this is a 500mm, the one that i used to own, it looks very similar to this, just a bit larger.