Dammit!

[wafflecakee]

 

[rover]

Oooo

That just looks painful.

 

[haempe]

Dammit!

I agree! My condolences.

 

[nanthor]

Please explain, was it dropped? Or something else?

 

[wafflecakee]

I dropped my bag with everything in my signature. I'm almost lucky nothing else was damaged.

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

Ouch! Am really sorry! But you may post a sample image made with it now, so we can discuss its new bokeh..

 

[Chris Bail]

Ouch.

Hopefully it can be put right.

 

[wafflecakee]

Me too, anyone know how much a repair like this might cost? Assuming the damage isn't more than what is visible...

 

[btgc]

I just wonder how this kind of impact could do this, especially in a bag. If aperture housing is OK blades do not have to fly off orbit.

Hope this is simple case.

 

[Paulbe]

I'd get in touch with Stephen Gandy at Cameraquest and see what he says.
May be just a simple CLA--
Good luck!
Paul

 

[BillBingham2]

Fingers crossed it's just setting them back in the channel.

Best of luck.

B2

 

[FrankS]

Just don't send it to "compressed air joe"!

😉

 

[Trius]

Just don't send it to "compressed air joe"!

😉

joe was just living in the moment ...

 

[wafflecakee]

I'll take a shot. Ill likely be sending it to kindermann.

 

[FrankS]

joe was just living in the moment ...

Very intensely, at that moment!

 

[gb hill]

What kind of bag did you drop? Looks kinda bad but fixable.

 

[santino]

I'll take a shot. Ill likely be sending it to kindermann.

go on but don't turn the aperture ring!
I didn't notice that my J9's aperture blades had started to look like yours and I gave them a turn - the result: a wrecked J9 :bang:

 

[swoop]

Everything gets dropped. It sucks.

I've dropped.

Nikon D2x. Tipped over on a tripod. No damage other than a piece of the metal frame broke off. Continued to work perfectly.

Sigma 17-70 f4. It was on the D2x. Sigma charged $150 to fix it.

Leica M9. Fell out of my camera bag while running and rolled on the ground. Leica NJ said it was toast. Sold me a brand new M9 at cost for $4300.

35mm Nokton f1.2. It was on the M9 at the time. Just sent it to Cameraquest last week with a check for $165.

35mm Summicron. Dropped it while changing lenses. Minor damage to the mount, and had to get the aperture ring unstuck. DAG charged $75 to fix and CLA it.

50mm Summicron. Dropped it while changing lenses. The aperture and focus ring were both jammed. Leica NJ charged me $400 to fix it.

So if you ever feel bad about dropping something. Just think it could always be worse.

 

[huntjump]

Everything gets dropped. It sucks.

I've dropped.

Leica M9. Fell out of my camera bag while running and rolled on the ground. Leica NJ said it was toast. Sold me a brand new M9 at cost for $4300.

50mm Summicron. Dropped it while changing lenses. The aperture and focus ring were both jammed. Leica NJ charged me $400 to fix it.

So if you ever feel bad about dropping something. Just think it could always be worse.

Ouch on those two... awesome that NJ sold you one at cost. DId they take your old one for parts?

 

[wafflecakee]

go on but don't turn the aperture ring!
I didn't notice that my J9's aperture blades had started to look like yours and I gave them a turn - the result: a wrecked J9 :bang:

yeah bent blades are a concern.