Comments on: International rescue saves Canon 350D http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/06/16/international-rescue-saves-canon-350d/ Blogging in the real world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SjB http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/06/16/international-rescue-saves-canon-350d/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 SjB Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:09:45 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=1899#comment-1188 This nice story brought back an old memory; in 1997 I was in Cape Town to see my brother depart in the BT Global Challenge round the world yacht race. The day before his departure I was climbing Table Mountain with trusty Canon A1 and Sigma 28-200 slung around my neck. Reaching up for a hand hold I over stretched the strap and watched my pride and joy bounce for an age down a near vertical drop. Eventually finding the camera and lens in a bush about 20 minutes later, I felt hopeless. Three hours later, I felt happy. Why? I took a ride in to the city to a location chosen at random and started looking for a photographic shop. I found one, but like in your story they didn't do repairs. They did however direct me to another, who in turn directed me to the Sigma importer for South Africa. Without appointment they not only repaired the lens FOC (a sheared FD mounting bracket) but confirmed that the A1 (which I still use to supplement my 400D!) was perfectly healthy bar a small dent and some scratches. The next day I photographed my brother depart on his voyage as planned. This nice story brought back an old memory; in 1997 I was in Cape Town to see my brother depart in the BT Global Challenge round the world yacht race. The day before his departure I was climbing Table Mountain with trusty Canon A1 and Sigma 28-200 slung around my neck. Reaching up for a hand hold I over stretched the strap and watched my pride and joy bounce for an age down a near vertical drop.

Eventually finding the camera and lens in a bush about 20 minutes later, I felt hopeless.
Three hours later, I felt happy.

Why?

I took a ride in to the city to a location chosen at random and started looking for a photographic shop. I found one, but like in your story they didn’t do repairs. They did however direct me to another, who in turn directed me to the Sigma importer for South Africa.

Without appointment they not only repaired the lens FOC (a sheared FD mounting bracket) but confirmed that the A1 (which I still use to supplement my 400D!) was perfectly healthy bar a small dent and some scratches.

The next day I photographed my brother depart on his voyage as planned.

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