Is this the same problem that occurs with the rear element of the 60-200mm zoom
?
Anyway, the bottom line, buy the Sigma !
...Wayne
> Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> If it's the Zuiko you want, Dawid, take care, take great care. You
> might
> think that the front element is the delicate part - it might be
> vulnerable,
> but it can be replaced. It's the rearmost element that is the problem,
> because there are *no* replacement available, to the best of my
> knowledge,
> *anywhere*. I do know of a European OMrepait agent who sent a
> newly-supplied spare back to Olympus a couple of years ago, complaining
> that
> the coating was damaged. The duly accepted it back, inspected the
> others,
> and threw the lot away - all unfit for sale. Then they announced there
> were
> no more to be had. Masterful timing. As the agent said to me, "If I had
> known, I would have taken them all to have them polished and re-coated,
> as I
> did for the customer who brought the lens in for repair".
>
> I think Ian Wilcox here has a similar, though more personal tale of woe.
>
> --
> Piers
>
Wayne Harridge
http://lrh.structuregraphs.com
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