Nobody likes to see something like this, but it’s like a car crash; you can’t help but stare. A friend brought this to me and let me take a look at this 5 month old lens and body. As you can see the lens is a complete loss, but surprisingly the body is in perfect working order after the fall. I guess it could have been worse. At least the body is salvageable.
That is what's left of an EF-S 18-200 IS.
I can only assume that there wouldn't be this much damage if this were an "L" lens and had fallen from the same height.
This is what's left of the mount.
Body damage was surprisingly minimal considering the amount of lens damage. The body sustained a crack in the frame between the tripod mount and the rear LCD.
Body damage to the Canon 50D.
