jpbuse wrote:
Yeah no manual focus on this bad boy. Shame, it's a total mint lens otherwise. I'll dig around on eBay and make a few calls this next week and see what I can do.
Give Mid State Camera Repaair a call. They are in RI .They did a complete cleaning and adjustment for 150.00 shipped back to me in 3 days, and the lens is working better than when I sent it out.
CONTACT INFORMATION :
Midstate Camera Repair
389 Warwick Ave.
Warwick, RI 02888
Tel: (401) 467-7390
Fax: (401) 785-9955
Email: Mark Fortin
If it is the electronics, those can be measured. I work on SMD chips, resistors and capacitors all the time and it really is simple and cheap to fix many devices. It is too bad that more people just don't get into the electronic part of it and get the job done. Maybe one of the companies mentioned does do that.
It may not actually be the motor...the tracks that the elements move in and out on might be bent out of spec causing the bushings to get caught up. I fixed my EF 50mm 1.4 USM recently by taking it apart and bending the tracks back into spec gently. Dunno about the internals of your particular lens but you may want to google it to see if anyone has tried.
