Thanks to everyone for your sympathetic responses. And for refraining from saying what I said to myself: "You clumsy idiot".
Originally posted by doroth2 Same thing happened to me with my 16-85 last September. Worst feeling ever! Mine was not repairable.
That's what I feared. Your damage looks similar. Doesn't seem much hope of a fix.
Originally posted by clickclick Wow - sucks to say the least. Sorry to see this. Doing a lot of sailing myself, I can appreciate something like this happening. Perhaps too late now, but reinforces having some form of insurance (PAF on home owner's may be cheapest) on certain lenses depending on how you use them and replacement cost. Hope it can be repaired. Post back if it can or not - would be interesting to know.
Thanks for that. I took the view some time ago that travel insurance wasn't worth it, given the premiums and the excess. So this is covered by my "self-insurance" instead.
I can't even blame the conditions. It was a little boat which had just moored in calm waters.
Originally posted by Sandy Hancock No chance of getting that repaired in Melaleuca....
I always suspected that you had supernatural powers Sandy. Now I know. It was at Melaleuca. And yes, neither the hut nor the bird hide had a Pentax repairer.
I was really warming to the lens too. PLM is the future.