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[OM] Re: Problem with 50-250mm f5 - need help

Subject: [OM] Re: Problem with 50-250mm f5 - need help
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:02:57 -0400
I have not seen a 50-250 in a while.  There may be lose screws under the 
rear mount which hold barrels together.

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
631-424-2121  |  omtech@xxxxxxxxx
              www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: [OM] Problem with 50-250mm f5 - need help


>
> I recently sold my 50-250mm/f5 to a non-list member (no one here wanted it
> :-((
> There is apparently a problem with the lens.  I can't seem to  understand 
> the
> buyer's description of the problem, so I'm hoping some 50-250mm
> owners/repair techs out there might be able to help me to identify the 
> problem  and the
> likely fix.  Here is the problem as it was described to me:
>
> Imagine you afffix the camera body to the lens so neither move in any 
> way.
> It is completely rigid.  If you put your hand on the outboard  end of the
> lens, (whether all the way in or all the way out)  and pull  up and then 
> let go
> the end of the lens will move up and down about 3/16 of an  inch.   The 
> play is
> located between the barrel containing the f stop  setting and the barrel 
> that
> has the white main focal distance reference  mark.
>
> Any help would be _greatly_ appreciated!
> Thanks
> --PatrickJ
>


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