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Re: [OM] 50-250/5 Zoom Creep

Subject: Re: [OM] 50-250/5 Zoom Creep
From: "Rich" <zuiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:58:47 -0700
Sounds interesting -- mine doesn't look like it's had much use so I doubt
that anything has worn out on it.  I'm planning on using it in a couple of
weeks (35+ tall ship sail-by in san francisco bay on the 28th), fog
willing... ;) but I could mail it out on the 29th, if that works for you?

Richard Morriss

From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> While this lens uses rollers (like so many other Zuiko zooms) that can
wear out
> and slip like this, the parts page shows it may be one of the rare designs
with
> an adjustment for that (zoom creep).  With only the parts diagram to go
by, I
> can't tell for sure until I have one in my hands, but if any of you 50-250
> owners are willing to volunteer your lens for us to try....
>
>
> Rich wrote:
>
> > I was just taking some shots of deer directly below the balcony, and I
> > noticed the barrel of the 50-250/5 Zuiko sloooo..wly extending from its
own
> > weight/gravity. First time I've noticed it (but don't think I've used it
> > vertically before). It's a great lens in LN condition, so is this just
the
> > nature of the lens, or is it something I should look into adjusting?



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