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PetKal wrote:
amph1bius wrote:
Oh good idea, I will have Canon take a look at it. The guy quoted me over the phone for the AF board (if it was broken) would amount to $1000+ just for the part and $500 of labour.
Whoever the guy was you spoke to, that doesn't sound right at all based on the following understanding I have:
First of all, there isn't such a thing as an "AF board". All lens electronic/control circuitry is located on one main printed circuit flexboard. My guess is that flexboard retails for max $300. Either way, that price could be checked independently. (Edit: the main flexboard for 85L is less than $60 retail according to my Canadian source )
Second, it is unlikely the flexboard would suffer a damage in the fall. More likely it is one of a great number of plastic (or metal) components which make the USM AF drive. For example, copper/bronze brushes on the AF positioner might have slipped of the MF ring, etc.
Also, I think there is lottsa fat in that $500 labour "estimate". Perhaps an assumption was made that the entire lens needed to be rebuilt from the ground up.
All in all, before that lens is opened up and looked at, no one is in a good position to tell ya what the damage would be.
Hey PetKal,
Thanks for the information. The guy I called today after the accident was a third-party camera repairer - not Canon themselves. Since I work near the headquarters here, I'll drop it off. I wouldn't figure the flexboard could break on impact so we will see what it is and I'll let you know!
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