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Broken Nikkor 18-135mm: Repair or replace? - boggle - 07-19-2011 Hello, in 2008, I got me a D80 with a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED (special offer, would normally have exceeded my budget). As a DSLR newbie, I've been quite impressed by its overall quality. I do appreciate the zoom range, I saves me from changing lenses when on vacation and the like. Unfortunately, it dropped on a stone floor during last vacation -- clearly the mechanics inside is broken. I had a similar damage repaired by Nikon once, for 250 Euros. Not cheap, but there seems to be little on the market with a similar focal length range. 18-200 VR simply exceeds my current budget. Any advice on this, perhaps alternatives from Sigma or Tamron? TIA, Boggle Broken Nikkor 18-135mm: Repair or replace? - Brightcolours - 07-19-2011 250 dollars, that is too much for repair. The better, new Nikon 18-105mm VR (yes, includes VR) costs €190 new in my country The Netherlands). I looked at B&H (assuming your are from the US) and saw that there the new 18-105mm VR costs $280 new. The Sigma 18-125mm OS (image stabilized, like VR) costs 340 at B&H. Broken Nikkor 18-135mm: Repair or replace? - joachim - 07-19-2011 [quote name='Boggle' timestamp='1311096347' post='10157'] Hello, in 2008, I got me a D80 with a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED (special offer, would normally have exceeded my budget). As a DSLR newbie, I've been quite impressed by its overall quality. I do appreciate the zoom range, I saves me from changing lenses when on vacation and the like. Unfortunately, it dropped on a stone floor during last vacation -- clearly the mechanics inside is broken. I had a similar damage repaired by Nikon once, for 250 Euros. Not cheap, but there seems to be little on the market with a similar focal length range. 18-200 VR simply exceeds my current budget. Any advice on this, perhaps alternatives from Sigma or Tamron? TIA, Boggle [/quote] The 18-135mm got sort of replaced by the 18-105mm VR. In the process the range shrunk a bit, but the lens gained the VR. Broken Nikkor 18-135mm: Repair or replace? - boggle - 07-22-2011 [quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1311098524' post='10158'] 250 dollars, that is too much for repair. The better, new Nikon 18-105mm VR (yes, includes VR) costs €190 new in my country The Netherlands). I looked at B&H (assuming your are from the US) and saw that there the new 18-105mm VR costs $280 new. The Sigma 18-125mm OS (image stabilized, like VR) costs 340 at B&H. [/quote] It was Euros, not Dollars (I'm in Germany) -- but still too expensive to repeat. Meanwhile, the Sigma seems to be down to around 230 Euros as is the Nikkor 18-105mm VR. http://www.amazon.de/product-reviews/B00153ZMY0 has some customers' reviews (in German) stating that Sigma suffers from quality problems. Anyway, the VR feature might well outweigh the missing telefoto range in the new lens :-) Thanks for all of your advice, Boggle Broken Nikkor 18-135mm: Repair or replace? - Brightcolours - 07-22-2011 [quote name='Boggle' timestamp='1311350481' post='10205'] It was Euros, not Dollars (I'm in Germany) -- but still too expensive to repeat. Meanwhile, the Sigma seems to be down to around 230 Euros as is the Nikkor 18-105mm VR. http://www.amazon.de/product-reviews/B00153ZMY0 has some customers' reviews (in German) stating that Sigma suffers from quality problems. Anyway, the VR feature might well outweigh the missing telefoto range in the new lens :-) Thanks for all of your advice, Boggle [/quote] Strange that I read dollars <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' /> Maybe it is an idea to order it from the netherlands, if postage is not high? €189: http://www.fotokonijnenberg.nl/product/1367083/nikkor-af-s-18-105mm-f35-56-g-ed-dx-vr.html http://www.kamera-express.nl/product/nikon-af-s-18-105mm-f-3-5-5-6g-vr-ed-dx/ €179: http://www.cameraland.nl/product/127/14756/ |