even if repaired.
lens repair is expensive and you will be without the lens a long time. it is therefore worth considering just buying another – especially for cheaper lenses. or, if the damage is not too bad, just living with it.
a tiny scratch on the front element may irritate. they consider it important to have perfection, so they ship the lens for repair. a lens costing, say £600 may have a total cost of estimate, parts and repairs of around £150 for repairing the tiny scratch. you may be without the lens for, say three months. is it really worth it? an alternative for many of us is to remove 