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Subject: [OM] Re: OT/non-OM Olympus use
From: Charles Sdunek <csdunek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 07:22:12 -0400
If you are serious, here's a thought.  spray some armorall on your 
dashboard on a hot summer day, then hold your 50/1.8, rear element down 
over it.  I makes a nasty smeary fog on a windshield, aught to do it to 
your rear element too. 

Charles



Wayne Harridge wrote:

>>You can file this one under "what to do with a camera that 
>>doesn't work correctly".
>>
>>Several years after Olympus introduced the original 
>>weatherproof camera, the Infinity, we began to see unusual 
>>focus problems due to failure of the glue used to cement the 
>>rear lens to the shutter assembly.  The glue seemed to 
>>off-gas, clouding the element.  The result was fuzzy, foggy photos.
>>
>>This enterprising photographer put that "problem" to good 
>>use.  All the photos in "myths of trees" were taken with her 
>>"malfunctioning" Infinity. http://www.bethlilly.com/mythsoftrees.html
>>
>>So the next time you have a camera that isn't working just 
>>right, don't worry -- just go make some "art"!
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Wonderful effect in those shots.  How do I modify a 50/1.8 to duplicate that
>effect ?
>
>...Wayne
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