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[OM] Re: Zuiko 50 mm 1.8 cleaning

Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 50 mm 1.8 cleaning
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:33:49 -0700
I had a small zoom done a couple of years ago. It was a standard clean, 
lube and adjust and to repair a balk aperture for about a hundred 
dollars. I am not sure how much disassembly had to be done.


Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Aug 28, 2004, at 12:15 PM, Gaillot wrote:

>
> I have a 29 year old 50 mm F1.8 lens for my Olympus OM 1 that I would 
> like
> to have the internal elements cleaned and the entire lens serviced.  I 
> was
> wondering if the cost would be prohibitive.  I expect that the entire 
> lens
> will have to be disassembled.  If you look through the rear element 
> you can
> see a lot of dust and some water marks (water was from a dip in the 
> river
> due to a canoeing accident 19 years ago (it was quickly dried in a WARM
> oven).  Looking through the front of the lens and twisting the focusing
> barrel will show the dust and water marks moving in and out (you do 
> not see
> the same movement looking through the rear element). I have used the 
> lens
> continuously since the soaking.  The diaphragm operates smoothly, 
> snaps back
> rapidly, and there is no sign of rust.  The lens has no external 
> damage or
> flaws.  I also do not see the effects of the water marks or dust on
> photographs.  The lens is retired now,  but it will bug me to leave it
> sitting in a drawer, not being used.  As a point of reference, I 
> recently
> purchase a similar reconditioned (black nose) lens from Olympus for 
> $50.
>
>
>
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