I need advice... Lens Repair

[tsuacctnt]

Today I somehow managed to drop my Nikon D200 about three feet onto a hardwood

floor. As far as I can tell the camera still works fine, but the lens just

sort of broke off at the mount. It's a Tamron SP 24-135 1:3.5-5.6. I'm

attaching a picture of the damage. I'd appreciate any input on whether this is

something that can be repaird or if I should just start saving up my pennies

for a replacement. Thanks!

[michael_darnton1]

If it was me, I'd be figuring out what exactly broke, whether a single simple part replacement would do the job, or if it was simply a case for a slightly bigger set of screws in old, ripped out holes, in which case I'd start trolling through my drawers for the right ones.

[Michael R Freeman]

You have broken more than just the mount. The fragile ribbon cable to the lens CPU has also been severed. Gonna take more than replacing a few screws and a new mount to fix this one.

 

You could take it somewhere for a repair estimate, but I would start saving my pennies for a replacement.

[john_elder1]

Damn! I hate when that happens!

[fullmetalphotograper]

For a repair like that you are looking at $100 plus would be my guess. Here are some places

for repair:

 

http://www.midwestcamera.com/ (I have used tese guys with good results)

 

http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/repair.aspx

 

http://www.tamron.com/about/services.asp

[tsuacctnt]

Thanks for the input everyone. I guess I'll mail it into Tamron and see what kind of an estimate they give me. My girlfriend always tells me that I'm too careless with my cameras; it hurts, but I'll have to admin she's right.