Nikon VR 18-200 Vibrates Loudly and Shakes Internally

[ymmij]

Hi bros and sis,

I have a more than 3 year old Nikon VR 18-200 lens and it has served me well.

Recently when I used the lens with my D90, the lens will shake internally and with loud sound. When I look though the viewfinder, I would see the image shaking and after a while, maybe some focusing, the image stabalises and I could shoot the image. The photo still look ok. This situation happens once every few shots and is kind of random.

Anyone encounters such a situation before?

All advice and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

 

[UncleFai]

Hi bros and sis,

I have a more than 3 year old Nikon VR 18-200 lens and it has served me well.

Recently when I used the lens with my D90, the lens will shake internally and with loud sound. When I look though the viewfinder, I would see the image shaking and after a while, maybe some focusing, the image stabalises and I could shoot the image. The photo still look ok. This situation happens once every few shots and is kind of random.

Anyone encounters such a situation before?

All advice and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

Send for servicing lor... Sounds like VR mechanism koyah liow...

 

[darthng]

My VR 18-200 Len oso same problem. VR dead & cost me around $300 to repair if I remember correctly.

 

[fatigue]

Send for servicing lor... Sounds like VR mechanism koyah liow...

It should be the cable I guess...

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/nikon/694049-fixing-vr-problem.html

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

Hi bros and sis,

I have a more than 3 year old Nikon VR 18-200 lens and it has served me well.

Recently when I used the lens with my D90, the lens will shake internally and with loud sound. When I look though the viewfinder, I would see the image shaking and after a while, maybe some focusing, the image stabalises and I could shoot the image. The photo still look ok. This situation happens once every few shots and is kind of random.

Anyone encounters such a situation before?

All advice and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

If you switch off the VR, does it alleviate the problem?

 

[L-coholic]

Hi bros and sis,

I have a more than 3 year old Nikon VR 18-200 lens and it has served me well.

Recently when I used the lens with my D90, the lens will shake internally and with loud sound. When I look though the viewfinder, I would see the image shaking and after a while, maybe some focusing, the image stabalises and I could shoot the image. The photo still look ok. This situation happens once every few shots and is kind of random.

Anyone encounters such a situation before?

All advice and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

my friend had a 70-300mm VR faced the same problem too.
send to NSC they said it was the 3rd element loose.
repair costs SGD300++ for it......

 

[homan]

My Nikon 18-200mm was not the VR problem.It was auto focus problem.Mr.Fatigue fixed it for me.Try to find him,normally he will cheaper than the NSC.

 

[ymmij]

just tried.... everything seems fine now... with or without vr.

maybe it is a one time off situation....

thanks for the advice to all....

 

[flyeminent]

I think it is better to send to NSC to repair it or get a second-hand one, which might be around the same price as it cost to repair.
By the way, does VR II have the same problem?

Hi bros and sis,

I have a more than 3 year old Nikon VR 18-200 lens and it has served me well.

Recently when I used the lens with my D90, the lens will shake internally and with loud sound. When I look though the viewfinder, I would see the image shaking and after a while, maybe some focusing, the image stabalises and I could shoot the image. The photo still look ok. This situation happens once every few shots and is kind of random.

Anyone encounters such a situation before?

All advice and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.