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Lensrentals return rate - Sylvain - 01-13-2012
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/01/lens-repair-data-2011
Lensrentals return rate - miro - 01-13-2012
Thanks for sharing.
Interesting to see that all brands are equal.
Even more interesting - the quality of service is just changing every year.
Lensrentals return rate - wim - 01-13-2012
You can see that even in a small country like the NL. Canon near Bergen op Zoom is definitely become slower, I hear. I can't complain about Weert, however, they have a quick turnaround time, just that they can't do all repairs.
Kind regards, Wim
Lensrentals return rate - Guest - 01-13-2012
Wow, thanks for this info. VERY, VERY informative... particularly Roger's comment:
"... but when you consider most of our repairs are IS systems, autofocus electronics, and zoom mechanisms, it seems an inevitable conclusion that those well-built, purely mechanical lenses will be more reliable. I have a collection of 100+ year old lenses that I can actually shoot with. And I use 30 and 40 year old primes reularly. I don’t think there’s any chance at all that 50 years from now someone will be shooting with a working 70-200 f/2.8 IS or VR. I love the features of a zoom, the modern optics that are so sharp and contrasty, autofocus, image stabilization, all of it. But from a pure reliability standpoint all those features are things that will break eventually."