When you damage the front element of your 24mm shift, you cry a little and
then choke because dealer net on the front element is almost $300.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 16mm/3.5 - so thats where that part went!
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| On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, John Hermanson wrote:
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| > I REALLY doubt it's available from Tokyo anyway. There are many
"current"
| > items for which major parts are simply not available anymore. IE, front
| > element for 50mm f1.2, filter ring for 35mm shift lens, rear mount for
same.
|
| It's really sad that Olympus has "decided" to stop carrying many of the
| replacement parts, especially for the more uncommon items. Parts for
| the commonly available items such as bodies isn't really a big problem,
| you can always find a donor body. It's the more uncommon items such as
| the 16/3.5, 50/1.2, 24shift, 35shift, etc. which I worry about. What's
| going to happen if you accidentally damage the front element of your
24shift
| or 350mm/2.8? If these parts are no longer available, that could make a
| several thousand dollar lens worthless just because a few hundred dollar
| element isn't available. Is it worth investing in these expensive lenses
| knowing that a single mishap could make the lens useless? Looking at it
| from this perspective, you can understand why some people would consider
| switching to Zeiss or Leica systems. At least your investment is
protected
| in either of those systems.
| -mark
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