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Subject: [OM] Re: Speck in 100mm f2
From: Robert Swier <robert.swier@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 17:55:21 -0400
Achieve bliss by giving away all your possessions. It's been tried
before! But I'm afraid I'll have to think on it... :)

Robert Swier
Toronto

On 5/28/05, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello Robert ....
> 
> I am in metro Halifax, Nova Scotia and I have a wonderful opportunity to 
> offer you.
> 
> I will have the spirits wish you a long and happy life, I will love that 
> speck and you can put it out of your mind, and I will encourage you to go on 
> a journey of personal enrichment and happiness.
> 
> All this in return for sending me the speck along with all the glass, plastic 
> and metal that keeps it a prisoner. I will love that speck. Your mind will be 
> eased, you will no longer have the pain of worrying about whether you need 
> fixing, and we will both move forward in life enriched with the knowledge 
> that the speck will have found a new and loving home.
> 
> What better calling than to offer up that speck to someone who will truly 
> love it.
> 
> Surely, this is an offer you cannot reject and it can all be accomplished 
> through the good offices of Canada Post. I will even pay for the one way 
> postal freight.
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> John Hudson
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Swier" <robert.swier@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, 28 May, 2005 04:25 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Speck in 100mm f2
> 
> 
> >
> > Ah, yes, I was afraid that would be the consensus: It is not the lens
> > that needs fixing, but its owner! I'm not quite sure that I'll ever be
> > able to love the speck, or disregard it completely, but hopefully I
> > can avoid having it send me to an early grave!
> >
> > Thanks for the comments.
> >
> > Robert Swier
> > Toronto, Ontario
> >
> > On 5/27/05, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Timpe, Jim wrote:
> > >
> > > >Quoting here:
> > > >
> > > >My beautiful Zuiko 100mm f2, which I bought new perhaps two years ago, 
> > > >seems
> > > >to have acquired an internal speck of dust.  Or should I learn to live 
> > > >with
> > > >it?
> > > >
> > > Just live with it? NO! Honor it! It shows that you have been using it
> > > for that for which it was created. Focusing moves the lens itself in the
> > > mount, sucking air in and blowing it out. In the case of the 100/2,
> > > there is also movement of lens elements relative to each other, moving
> > > more air around. Dust is inevitable in a lens that is used. A lens
> > > without dust is a lens neglected.
> > >
> > > Besides, it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in the images from
> > > it. And if you have it removed, the only way to keep more from showing
> > > up is to keep it sealed up and unused. So you have two choices, worry
> > > about it, spoil your life, ruin your health and die an early, unhappy
> > > death. Or embrace it with joy, enjoy your life, be happy and healthy and
> > > die old and content, leaving a slightly dusty lens to you heirs.
> > >
> > > Your choice.
> > >
> > > Moose
> > >
> > >
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