Friend's 17 TS dropped in the city canal

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Canon, as do almost every camera and electronics manufacturer will not repair water damaged electronics, cameras, or lenses.

I'll trust your experience on this, but I still find it bizarre: supposedly, the bulk of the money is in grinding the glass precisely, and the remainder should be a replaceable shell. The shape of the glass will not be affected even by full immersion, so long as it's dealt with promptly. If it's not true that glass is the most expensive part of the finished product, then high-quality lenses are seriously overpriced.

All of the electronics, and any metal parts screws, motors, aperture, shell, etc are subject to corrosion. Obviously, some parts will not be damaged, and the glass will not likely be damaged. However. there will be dirt a sludge in the aperture and in every glass element, and taking those apart, replacing the electronics, aperture, and motor, will run up the bill. It costs a lot more to replace most of the parts in a lens and spend hours cleaning lens elements than a lens is worth. Customers also expect that the lens will be reliable and not fail after the repair. Unfortunately, failure is much more likely after water damage.

The factory has production line processes that do this efficiently, but not so for repair shops.

The lens may sell for a fair price just for the parts, but a reputable camera repair shop won't buy if the water damage is mentioned.

 

[Perio]

I think I'd be a good idea if Canon could implement a security mechanism to prevent accidental releases... every time I was using my 85 1.2ii, I was hoping not to press the release button.

 

[privatebydesign]

I think I'd be a good idea if Canon could implement a security mechanism to prevent accidental releases... every time I was using my 85 1.2ii, I was hoping not to press the release button.

They have, it is called the lens release button!

 

[TexPhoto]

Dry it, mount it, shoot. You have the worlds most expensive and exclusive dreamy soft focus lens and your'e thinking of a repair?

 

[niels123]

The local repaircenter said it is likely not repairable, but they will have a look at it first before they make hard conclusions.

 

[kaihp]

There is a freshwater lake nearby which is said to be 30 meters deep.

That should be Furesøen, right?

The local repaircenter said it is likely not repairable, but they will have a look at it first before they make hard conclusions.

Sorry to hear this

 

[niels123]

There is a freshwater lake nearby which is said to be 30 meters deep.

That should be Furesøen, right?

The local repaircenter said it is likely not repairable, but they will have a look at it first before they make hard conclusions.

Sorry to hear this

No, it's this lake: https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Piccardthofplas,+9728+Groningen/@53.18801,6.5372176,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c832eac40a60b5:0x2d9327dcc1e8fe0c?hl=en

 

[kaihp]

No, it's this lake: https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Piccardthofplas,+9728+Groningen/@53.18801,6.5372176,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c832eac40a60b5:0x2d9327dcc1e8fe0c?hl=en

Oops, sorry. I thought you were in Denmark, not the Netherlands. My bad!

 

[niels123]

No, it's this lake: https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Piccardthofplas,+9728+Groningen/@53.18801,6.5372176,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c832eac40a60b5:0x2d9327dcc1e8fe0c?hl=en

Oops, sorry. I thought you were in Denmark, not the Netherlands. My bad!

are you in Denmark?

 

[NancyP]

The bad part about Canon lenses is that they don't have aperture rings. So if your lens electronics goes south, you can't just shrug and tape over the contacts and use the lens manual focus/ manual aperture.

SK Grimes does a lot of lens repair for old and new large format and medium format lenses.

 

[kaihp]

Oops, sorry. I thought you were in Denmark, not the Netherlands. My bad!

are you in Denmark?

Yup, just outside Copenhagen

 

[niels123]

The repairshop declared the lens total loss :'(

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

The repairshop declared the lens total loss :'(

Even though its not practical to repair, there are lots of good parts on and in it that make it valuable. Have him sell it on eBay.

 

[johnhenry]

Someone WOULD buy it for parts however.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

What a sad story.

Since the lens is a write off, you can always try disassembling it yourself at least you will learn what goes into that lens.

 

[tcphoto]

Sorry to hear about the loss. At less than $400 a year, it just makes sense when you have nice gear and doing business.