mksnowhite Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Almost a month ago my af on my 70-200 would just stop in the middle of a shoot. Ive had this lens over 3 years and sometimes it would just act up...I just always had lots of oof images but figured it was me. manual focus was fine, but my eyes...not so good. So it finally pretty much died, sent it in. It was gone almost a month for parts. Just got it back, did a test shoot with it and all I can say is wow I've been shooting with a broken lens for three years. Can't believe the sharpness and ease of focus. Anyone else have this problem with this lens? Do you know what a "level B2" repair is? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_hooper1 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 B2 is "Moderate Repair: Major Parts Replaced." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mksnowhite Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Thanks Robert....I guess it was the AFS motor? I had upgraded to this lens from a AF lens so really didn't know what I was missing....that is until it completly stopped working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_hooper1 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I feel for you Melanie! Three years is an awful long time to have been blaming yourself for the performance of a poor sample of this ordinarily terrific lens. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 If your lens is a Nikon USA model, it should have a 5-year warranty for manufacturing defects. The 70-200 was introduced back in 2003. Unless yours is a really really early sample, it should be under warranty. The problem is that you probably should have brought that up to Nikon much earlier if this lens indeed came with such problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mharris Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I got one of those B2 repairs also. Didn't know what it was so thanks for the question and answer. Mine is for a D300 that's still in the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliot1 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I had the exact same issue with my lens. Nikon fixed it under warranty even though I was not the original owner, which I really appreciated. The 70-200mm is my favorite Nikon lens. Glad yours is working properly now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mksnowhite Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Shun the warrenty did cover the repair 100% I did think there was something wrong at first....it would make a clunking noise when focusing, I think I even posted abut it here some years ago. But it never got bad enough in the focusing until this year..and it was so intermittent. I bought the lens in 05, trading up frm an 80-200 non afs lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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