on 7/18/01 1:28 PM, gries at gries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> It's appalling the way some people treat equip. I hope this is going to
> a good list member home.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1254634209&r=0&t=
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>
Yup. I'll let you know how it looks once I actually see it...
Appears to me that someone dropped the lens and it landed right where you'd
expect. I called Olympus USA, and the front element is "no longer
available".
Can some of the overseas Olympus brotherhood check with the 'local office'
to see if there is a front element 'on the shelf' in the parts depot? Cost
(within reason...) isn't really a factor. If anyone can locate one, I'll
gladly buy a six-pack of your favorite beverage as a finder's fee!
I'm hoping that the 50-250 will be worth most of what I paid, with the OM-4
body (if it truly needs only a lever on the rewind knob) making up the rest.
Then if I can fix the 24 shift it will be an interesting thing to try out...
I'll shoot some through it anyway to see if anything comes out.
A sort-of-related question: Long ago I dropped a 24/2.8 while trying to
change lenses standing up. It landed perfectly to shatter the rear element,
I think only the very rear one. This element too is "no longer available"
from Olympus. Anybody have a dead 24/2.8 with a complete rear element?
Actually, according to the esif diagram there are two elements in close
proximity, so they both might be broken, I've never pulled out the pieces to
check.
I guess I'm trying to be a resurrection man for 24 Olympus lenses!
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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