HELP!....Damaged Tokina 12-24

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HELP!....Damaged Tokina 12-24

Postby marc on Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:44 pm

Does anyone know of a Tokina repair centre in Sydney?
The one in Melb is not answering :roll: :roll:
My dog has just pulled my D2Hs and 12-24 Tokina off the cabinet and on to the floor cracking the Tokina front thread and now won't AF! :cry: :cry:
I'm gunna kill him ..............when I can catch him !! :evil: :evil:
Any help gladly appreciated.

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Postby Pa on Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:35 pm

cant help with the lens

maybe with the catch and kill :twisted:

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Postby marc on Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:19 pm

Murphy's LAW of course...............just when I'm going away and want to use it :roll: :roll:
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:53 pm

Bugger :(

Sell the dog on Ebay.
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Postby daniel_r on Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:09 pm

If the D2Hs landed on the dog instead of the floor, he'd be dead already!
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:36 am

daniel_r wrote:If the D2Hs landed on the dog instead of the floor, he'd be dead already!


:lol: :lol:

Sorry, I cant help much
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Postby marc on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:45 am

Just thought some members would like to know that I sent the Tokina down to Adeal's in Melbourne in Feb and have NOW ONLY JUST THIS MORNING RECEIVED IT BACK REPAIRED!! :evil: :evil:
The front thread was cracked and replaced, cost : $209.00.
I had no choice (other than sending it back to HK, which in hindsight would have been the best option :roll: :roll: ). as they are the only repairers of Tokina lenses in Aust :cry: :cry:

So a word of warning to all Tokina owners, if you damage your lens DO NOT send it to Adeal's. Your better off sending it to HK and save all the agro that I've been through.

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Last edited by marc on Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Postby Antsl on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:16 am

Do you mean you sent it to "Adeal"?

They recently acquired the Australian wholesale dealership for Tokina from the previous dealers, Ricoh. Chances are it has taken them a while to get up to speed on parts and servicing for that lens.

Still, worth getting it fixed as it is a great lens.... just wish it was 2.8!
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Postby Glen on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:26 am

Marc, thanks for the warning. You must be a picky bugger, not satisfied with a five month turnaround for a repair! :lol:
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Postby marc on Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:26 pm

Sorry Antsl
I did mean Adeal's, and have re-edited.
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Postby marc on Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:33 pm

Glen,

It was getting to the stage that I was going to have to buy another one, I will be using this lens in Zambia- 17 nights in Sept.

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