At 08:40 PM 7/6/2001 -0400, Robert Swier wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>My father just gave me a 50mm f1.8 Zuiko with what looks like some internal
>mold of some sort. I need to get it cleaned before using it. Is this
>something I can do myself? I have never disassembled/assembled a lens, and
>if the process is tricky and complicated, I'll see about sending it to
>Olympus for cleaning (if they even do that sort of thing). But on the other
>hand, if the disassembly/assembly process is straightforward, I would prefer
>to do it myself.
A 50/1.8? Don't bother. LNIB examples can be had off of eB*y for about $20 -
$30 U.S. Cheaper than cleaning it. Mind you, it's so cheap to replace with a
pristine example, you might want to try disassembling it just for the Hell of
it...
Garth
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