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Re: [OM] Separated Zuiko 250/2, was: Inside the Zuiko 300mm F4.5

Subject: Re: [OM] Separated Zuiko 250/2, was: Inside the Zuiko 300mm F4.5
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0600
>
> When you look through the lens, try to focus midway, you may see what
> looks like a hair laying across a lens or it may look like a bubble
> (where the outer circumference has completely separated and the center
> is still glued).   You don't even have to check that.  If you use the
> lens and find that it's difficult to focus on ANYTHING, the element is
> separated.
>


OH WOW!!!!  All this time I thought my original 200/4 had a broken element,
but from what you just described, it was a separated element.  That "hair"
looked like a crack to me, but the frosting kinda disguised it.

I took it to a lens repair shop and never saw it again.

AG
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