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Bad news! 😦 My Sigma 70-300mm is busted. The diaphragm is stuck on f/32 and the lens focuses back and forth all the time. Dammit! This has been happening since Christmas but i always managed to fix it using the DOF preview button. Now even pressing it a 1000 times won’t do anything. The only way to fix it is to perform open surgery on it and from what I’ve read online, the lens mysteriously turns into a paper weight after that. 😮
Such flapdoodle. 😦
Location: Água D’Alto – Madeira island – Portugal
Shutter speed: 55 seconds.
F: /13
Focal Length: 19mm
ISO: 100
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Life in a Photograph 
Boo hoo hoo I commiserate with you Diogo 😦
But a great shot in this post.
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I was planning something so cool to shoot with that lens! 😦 i’m screwed lol Thanks, I appreciate it! 🙂
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Sorry about your challenges – great shot, however!
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C’est la vie! Thanks 🙂
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Nice shot.
Sorry to hear about your lens.
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Thanks, I appreciate it 🙂
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Beautiful photo. Sorry for your loss. 😦 That really sucks.
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Thanks Amy 🙂 I’m going to try to fix it this weekend lol hope i don’t screw it up even more!
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Oh Dear…sorry about your lens. Lovely photo, scenic and artistic , taken with Just the right shutter speed. Very good.
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Yeah it sure sucks
But thank you Paula 🙂
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You should know I love the way you roll out a story. But I love even more so the “snaps” you take! This is breathtaking!!
S
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Haha i’m glad you enjoy it! I have to be honest, most of the times i struggle with writing! I know what i want to say in portuguese but sometimes i get confused when i write in english because i’m not 100% sure if it makes sense lol 😀
And Thank you very much of course!!
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That’s cool! You should try to read my “Portoguese!” (See…)
Spinner
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Haha That’s not so bad S, I’ve seen people write it “Portugaise” convinced that they’re correct! We’re not French, but some people think we are! 😀
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You’re too kind! Many people think the “Cone Heads” from SNL fame are French as well…LOL!
Thanks so much for listening!!
Spinner 🙂
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Sounds like your lens wasn’t new. taht sucks. I bought my Nikon 80-400 mm. I sent it in to be fixed for the second time a week ago. Comes with a 5 year warrenty. I was on a trip upstate and had to use my short lens.
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Mine was and still is new lol doesn’t have a scratch on it, i barely use it! From what i read online, the oil in the mechanism must have dried out and that’s why the blades are sticking. i bought it 4 years ago so it makes sense. It was dirt cheap so i’m not surprised at all. I was thinking about buying a new better one but i haven’t got the cash so I’m going to open it up and fix it this weekend, might make a post about it. 🙂
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Good luck. I like to tinker too. Used to bust my Mum’s alarm clocks taking them apart. Build my own computers. Had to learn how after I bought a lemon.
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Haha same here! 😀 Unfortunately i couldn’t find screws to open the lens! I’ve been to a bunch of stores but no one has them. I’ll have to buy them online first.
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Throw that piece of shit in the ocean and let the fishes take care of it! 😛 That really sucks though matey! How long have you had this lens? Don’t you have a warranty on it still? My Sigma lens was problematic from the start, send it to service 2 times…they replaced it both times…and now even if i turn off Image Stabilization, the elements inside move and when i have the camera on a tripod it really messes up my shots! No Sigma for me, ever again -.-
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It was the first lens i bought so it has 3 or 4 years! 😀 I didn’t use it much and from what i read online, the oil inside the mechanism must have dried out! Apparently this happens with cheap lens >_> i would throw it away but i have no money to buy a new one! 😀 “Have at ye ocean, take this miserable bilge rat of a lens and keep it!!! Wait wait i need it, give it back nooooooooooooooooooo!!! XD” Which Sigma lens do you have matey?? :O
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