Calibrating VR? Dropped lens
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:24 pmA while back I dropped my 70-300mm VR nikkor from about 40-50cm which landed on a pair of jeans a shirt on carpet, but as it landed horizontally it just "tapped" the corner of a wall that sticks out and put a little dent.
There was no damage apart from a smashed hoya filter and that dent, the filter unscrewed easily and i removed the glass carefully.
But ever since then the lens has been a bit of a mixed bag, sometimes VR seems like it is hardly doing a thing and it seems way softer at 300mm then it used to be but at 70mm it seems spot on.
What can I do about this? I really love this lens and I can't afford the 70-200mm VR anytime soon.
But then again it could be my mind playing tricks on me.
Here is a picture of the dent,
There was no damage apart from a smashed hoya filter and that dent, the filter unscrewed easily and i removed the glass carefully.
But ever since then the lens has been a bit of a mixed bag, sometimes VR seems like it is hardly doing a thing and it seems way softer at 300mm then it used to be but at 70mm it seems spot on.
What can I do about this? I really love this lens and I can't afford the 70-200mm VR anytime soon.
But then again it could be my mind playing tricks on me.
Here is a picture of the dent,
