John’s camera lens stopped working last week. It had been playing up intermittently since not long after we got here. After hours of research on camera forums (thanks largely to the net speed) it became apparent that there are many people who have suffered the exact same fault with the same lens – in fact the fault is specific to this lens (prior knowledge of that fact would have been nice). The frustrating thing is that the part that has failed costs all of $12, but for Canon to do the repair would cost around $200!
In Chad there is no chance of Canon doing a repair anyway (no Canon repairers here) and there is no way we can find the part here either. Thankfully, it turns out that the director of SIL Chad also has a Canon DSLR and his lens fits John’s camera body! Although not ideal, we are not completely stranded without any way of capturing any of the passing days.
John managed to find a tutorial someone (in Australia!) had put together when he decided to take on the repair himself. The page had a link to an Ebay seller in the states who sells the part and so he has ordered it. Apparently he can expect the repair to take a good 6-8hours, but the lens is currently worthless, so he thinks he might as well give it a go. We’re not sure when the part will get here, but prayers for a steady hand in dismantling such a highly refined piece of equipment would be appreciated. Actually, probably pray that it does manage to turn up here one day first!
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