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rcav8r Member Joined Nov 2005 Posts 14546 EE 0% (0) WI, USA	Posted: 3/17/2023 5:29:14 PM EDT Is this lens worth repairing? I dropped the thing and now the zoom doesn't work. Attached File
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rcav8r Member Joined Nov 2005 Posts 14547 EE 0% (0) WI, USA	Posted: 3/18/2023 11:34:29 AM EDT [#1] Looks like maybe not, judging from ebay prices.
	"You know how butt ugly people are said to have hit every branch on the way down the ugly tree. Well, the dumbass tree done drilled you in the butt and laid eggs in ya." -RJinks

warlord Joined Dec 2000 Posts 61674 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 3/21/2023 5:52:12 AM EDT [#2] Not worth the trouble to repair. I got a quote to repair Nikon 55-200, and it was like half the cost of a new one.

rcav8r Member Joined Nov 2005 Posts 14558 EE 0% (0) WI, USA	Posted: 3/21/2023 12:26:47 PM EDT [#3] I got a reply from a Nikon authorized repair shop. "Nope, parts are no longer made, try another shop maybe"
	"You know how butt ugly people are said to have hit every branch on the way down the ugly tree. Well, the dumbass tree done drilled you in the butt and laid eggs in ya." -RJinks

NorthPolar Member Joined May 2009 Posts 39354 EE 100% (60) AK, USA	Posted: 3/22/2023 2:45:40 AM EDT [#4] Not worth the squeeze for a repair. Check out KEH, B&H, or Kenmore Camera for a AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED, it's a lens that hits way above it's price point and should be ~$350 or so if not less used.

warlord Joined Dec 2000 Posts 61686 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 3/22/2023 3:48:11 AM EDT [#5] rcav8r: Try some of the non-Nikon lenses, they are usually less expensive, and probably just as good optically.

FredMan PondLife Joined Jul 2005 Posts 34345 EE 100% (2) VA, USA	Posted: 3/22/2023 4:19:55 PM EDT [#6] Quote History Originally Posted By warlord: Not worth the trouble to repair. I got a quote to repair Nikon 55-200, and it was like half the cost of a new one. View Quote I had a quote to fix my Tokina 11-16 that was about the same.
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