Quote Originally Posted by HDNitehawk View Post
CPS gold or platinum would help.
A CPS platinum member would only be paying $600. It would be worth buying the membership.
Ya know, in searching around for info on repairs and such, I've read a lot about how great CPS is. But I'm not an imaging professional, just a passionate hobbyist who takes the odd gigs when people ask real nice. {I know this is an imminently googlable question, but since your brought it up, I'll ask you =P} Isn't there a pretty strict requirement of proving yourself to be a pro to join CPS?

Quote Originally Posted by Dr Croubie View Post
ditto, you can get them for $1800, probably even as low as $1500 second-hand, I wouldn't be paying that much to fix one.
(maybe even try getting another second-hand broken one, maybe with smashed elements but otherwise decent housing, for a few bucks and doing a lens-transplant?)

Yeah, I'm not dropping the $1,500, no question. I just want to know whether I'm being lied to about what needs replacing. I think they're tryin'a take me for a fool in replacing something that works fine, and which I am almost sure needn't be replaced.