Dust inside lens ..or lens repair shop in the bay area

[sergio_rademacher1]

Hello to everybody

 

The other day I was shooting with my 20D and the EF-S 17-85mm . All

the sudden a very strong wind started blowing, so I took a couple of

more shots and left to the car. Only to realize that the lens got a

very thin sand inside, behind the front element and I would say that

in some back element as well. It's really bad.

 

My question are:

 

1. Is this suppose to happen? I know it's not a L class lens, but

I don't think this sould happen this easyly.

 

2. Is this cover by the warranty? I bought the lens about 7 months

ago.

 

3. If not cover, I will be on the bay area for a week (I'm from

Chile). Do you guys recommend any particular place to do the lens

disassembly and cleaning? Given the short time frame.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Sergio.-

[ericpetersonphoto]

ICamera on 14th and Franklin in Oakland has treated me well.

 

http://www.icamera.com/items/MenuPages/oakland.htm

 

He has repaired a lens for me in short order before.

[fourfa]

it's normal to get some amount of dust. My backpacking zoom that's been all over the world has noticeable specks throughout, and I never noticed a degradation in the image.

 

yours sounds worse. probably not covered by warranty. Call Keeble and Schuchat in Palo Alto (probably the biggest Bay Area pro shop) - 650.327.8996. They have a repair shop or can recommend someone.

[m._howard_edwards]

I agree with Eric, and it is only a couple of blocks from BART. Downtown parking can be difficult.

[mark_chappell]

Unless you are certain the dust is affecting image quality (or is big enough to cause

mechanical problems), I'd do my best to ignore it. You need a lot of dust in a lens to cause

visible optical degradation.

[sergio_rademacher1]

Man, it's awful.

 

Right after the incident I noticed a LOT of flare when I take pictures with the sun or a strong side light.

 

I'd love to avoid it, but it became an issue. Do you think it will be actually cover under the warranty? I bought it on amazon.

 

Sadly I take pictures with this lens 80% of the time while travelling. I never thought this lens would be so badly sealed.

 

Thanks to everybody!

 

Sergio.-