>On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 10:59:29PM -0500, Mark Hammons wrote:
>> I was able to fix the problem myself just last saturday night.
>
>[...snip...]
>
>> Anyway, these 2 rings as I said rotate over one another. In taking mine
apart I
>> found one small spot of what looked like grease -- evidently from the
focusing
>> helix. I merely cleaned the 2 rings very well and reassembled in reverse
order.
>> You do need to be careful of the diaphragm "return" spring, which attaches to
>> the ring for the diaphragm and the retaining plate.
>
>This turned out to be my problem, although mine had oil all over the inside
>of the mount area. After a careful cleaning, it all went back together just
>fine, and now works perfectly.
>
>Had it turned out to be much more complex than this, it would have gone
>straight back to the seller.
>
>FWIW, the folks who sold both lenses were of the opinion that they could not
>test them because they didn't have an OM body to play with. I plan to let
>them know that they can fiddle with the stuff on the back of the lens, too,
>if they don't force anything and keep their cotton-pickin fingers off the
>glass...
Makes you wonder if someone had decided to "lubricate" the rings to
make them work better!!!
Glad it worked out well for you. I too was going to send my lens back to
the seller on Ebay if I couldn't get it working right. It is a good feeling to
be able to fix small problems like this by one's self, isn't it?
Mark Hammons
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