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My Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D was dropped on the floor while attached to my D3, it smashed the front plastic on the lens surround where the filter screws in.
Lens still worked but started to jam the focus. If shaken in a certain way it would stop jamming the focus. I guessed a screw had sheared when it was dropped. I made a hole in the front plastic, shook the lens about and hey presto! a broken screw dropped out. Jamming stoped.
Does your lens rattle?
I have now made a new front for the Nikkor, with integral lens shade, bit like the 16mm fisheye.
You engineer you.
That is a £300 repair at Nikon!
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