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	Ouch.
	Due to a comedy of errors (I'm not laughing right now), it turns out that my macro lens hit the floor tile in my hallway. Frantic testing produced abnormal behavior, which tugrik confirmed to be damage to the USM ringmotor. The good news, as such, is that a repair shouldn't run me more than 1/5 of the price of the lens. The bad news is that, well, let's face it -- a $520 piece of glass hit the ground and suffered damage as a result. This is not how I wanted to start my vacation two days before my birthday. Tags: 2010, gruntle, lens, photography

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	From: gatcat	Date: August 12th, 2010 02:46 am (UTC)		(Link)

Yeouch.

Where you going/what you doing for your vacationbirthday?

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	From: feren	Date: August 16th, 2010 01:59 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I went home to Minnesota to spend time on the family farm, namely so I could be with my folks. What caught me by surprise is that at one point on Saturday roughly 2/3 of my father's side of the family spontaneously arrived at the farm. So we had a very nice impromptu family reunion with lots of burgers and hotdogs.

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	From: plonq	Date: August 12th, 2010 09:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

Ouch. As someone whose lens actually had a camera attached to it when he dropped it a couple of months back, I can commiserate.

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	From: feren	Date: August 16th, 2010 02:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Urk! That was one of the few things I was able to comfort myself with -- the body wasn't attached when things went sideways.

I just received word from the USPS that my lens was delivered at the service center this morning, so your commisseration is appreciated. Here's hoping.

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	From: tuftears	Date: August 12th, 2010 02:29 pm (UTC)		(Link)

*patpats poor Inkblotkitteh* Happy Early Birthday, at any rate!

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	From: feren	Date: August 16th, 2010 02:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thankya. :)

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	From: markvd	Date: August 13th, 2010 03:01 am (UTC)		(Link)

FAIL!

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	From: feren	Date: August 16th, 2010 02:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yes, it was suckage.

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	From: hellziggy	Date: August 16th, 2010 12:20 am (UTC)		(Link)

Ouch. Rick dropped one of my lenses once. Repair bills aren't fun.

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	From: feren	Date: August 16th, 2010 02:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

At least it wasn't L glass, but that particular lens ran pretty darn close to the same quality as L. Yeah, unexpected repair expenses for my camera is becoming a theme this year that I could do without.

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