Making a comment to keep this post alive since I found it helpful. I just sent my Nikkor 28-300 in for repair. I'm feeling really lucky that I made it 6 years without damaging a lens other than a ...
On an overseas trip now and noticed that the zoom ring on my 16-85 DX VR is stiff, taking some effort to turn in either direction. Even pushing the lens back down towards the wide end after zooming in ...