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Dropped my 50 mm prime in the sand


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Advance Camera in San Francisco can take care of it for you, and at a reasonable price...

though still maybe not less than the cost of replacing a 1.8!

 

I don't think you can damage your camera by putting on a lens with a sticky aperture. The

camera tells the lens what to do, not vice versa.

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I hope none of the sand (or salt?) was transferred from the lens to the camera! (Yes, you can hurt your camera that way!) Take the lens off, face the camera downwards, take a big blower (Gitzo rocket), give it a thorough blow-out, and hope for the best. Buy a new 1.8, and throw your old one away.
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<< ... I blew it out and put it back on ... >><p>

 

Sand has a way of finding the exact spot you don't want it to find. I'd hesitate to put that lens on your camera until it has been fixed.<p>

 

Repair ? I've heard many good things (and no bad things) about<a href=http://www.focalpointlens.com/fp_intro.html> Focal Point in Colorado</a>. Probably worth a call to see whether repair is feasible/economical.

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