why would anyone scratch off the red ring of an L lens?

[Zen]

Glad to hear that it can be super glued back on. I was thinking of doing the same but was worried about the chemical reaction on the lens body. But based on brad-man's experience, I'll give 'er a try.

Just be careful, a little glue goes a long ways. On my 24-105 (fell off for no reason) I did this before I sold it and initially the focus ring got glued too! Luckily I barely used any glue and it spun with a little bit of force. After that, it worked just fine and you couldn't tell a difference from normal, but had I been a bit more generous on the glue I may have glued the focus ring permanently in place...

Thanks for the tip. I Plan to be careful.

Zen

 

[sandymandy]

I would NEVER remove it.

Results speak for themselves!

 

[silversurfer96]

The same thing happened to me on my 24-105mm. One day, I took the camera along with the 24-105 out of the camera bag and noticed something wasn't right. I looked at it... I grabbed it. The red ring just came off. It broken into three pieces. I was like "What???". It was like a dream.

Long story short, since it broken into three pieces, I couldn't glue it back on. I decided to put it up for sale. To me, it just didn't look right without the red ring.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

I decided to put it up for sale. To me, it just didn't look right without the red ring.

That's an odd way of thinking. It was still optically the same lens and it would take the same pictures as before.

I would rather people be impressed by my photographs than my lens. ;D

 

[WPJ]

Trof2, attach a pic,of,camera and lens please it like to see what it looks like.