Well, the technique worked. I used, of all things, a bamboo chopstick
(sushi, anybody?) as a jig, as it would guarantee that I could not exert
massive force on the lens. It was surprisingly strong.
Half an hour of careful knocking with a small hammer, and my busted-up
lens
is panelbeated into a round shape again, with filters screwing in
smoothly.
I can see why it's best not to remove the dented part from the lens,
you'd
probably never get it on again. I suspect this is an incredibly early
(silvernose) 24/2.0 lens, low serial number and yellow colour cast.
Thank you all for the advice - and at least I now know what to do
should I see
this again. I am used to my Mamiya RB lenses, which would need a
sledgehammer to
knock into our out of shape, but the OM lenses have surprisingly
delicate filter
threads (well, some of then - the 90/2.0 appears to have a much
"thicker" build
than the 24/2.0 or 50/1.4) but at least it's not a plastic lens
splitting apart
a-la most Canikon lenses.
Enjoy life,
Dawid
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