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Re: [OM] Play in Frank's OM 2.8/8mm - fussy buyer

Subject: Re: [OM] Play in Frank's OM 2.8/8mm - fussy buyer
From: "Andrew Wiese" <awaxx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 21:15:48 PDT
>Helmut Dersch wrote

>First, I would like to clarify what I am talking about.
>The loose lensmount I was referring to is _not_ the connnection 
>to the camera body (which indeed might be related to the
>particular body I was using) but rather the connection
>of the lensmount to the rest of the lens. To check that for your
>own lens you should hold the lensmount (without attached body)
>in one hand and the front of the lens (e.g. the filter mount)
>in the other hand. Then, without excerting any force, try
>to twist the lens. 

Clarification at last! - and I have to agree: only my back-up standard 
(23 yr old 50/1.8) had -any- perceptible play at all, and it is the most 
heavily used lens I have.  I must say, though, I have not noticed any 
fall off in its performance.

Regards

Andy

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