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LensRental.com’s lens repair results

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | Photos |

Via Nikon D40 Photographer comes LensRental.com’s annual lens repair survey. The Nikon they have the most problems with is the 18-200mm superzoom. That’s consistent with other reports I’ve read that it’s Nikon’s most-repaired lens, with lots of motor problems.

I noticed there’s not a single Nikon prime lens on the list. Now maybe Lensrental.com just doesn’t rent them (or rent enough to make their “9 or more” cutoff), but somehow I doubt that. I think they just don’t need repairs very often (in contrast, there are a number of Canon primes on the list). Meanwhile it’s disappointing that the expensive Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 VR and 17-55mm 2.8 are on the list.

The two most-repaired lenses are the Sigma 120-300 f2.8 and 18-200 OS. And there’s this: “The Sigma 120-400 and 150-500 are no longer on the list because we no longer carry them. Both had failure rates of about 45% while we had them. New batches may be better (ours were all bought early), we don’t know.” That’s too bad - the Sigma 150-500mm was one of the cheapest paths to 500mm reach.

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