Your lucky to have a smooth focus on the 300. The helicoid is such a
huge area compare to smaller Zuikos. Here's the link to the US micro
tools site.
https://www.micro-tools.com/store/SearchByCategory.aspx?CategoryCode=LUB
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Piers Hemy wrote:
> Can't advise on the correct grade, Ralf, but the source is most likely to be
> www.micro-tools.de (although their online shopfront appears to have
> crashed). You can see their range on the US site, with three grades of
> helical grease listed on this page http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9vuyfl
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralf Loi [mailto:ralf_loi@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 November 2009 14:12
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [OM] Speaking of grease
>
> All this talk about oily blades reminded me that I have a 85/2.0 and a
> 300/4.5 with a veeeery smooth focus mechanism. Too smooth, in fact.
> I probably need to clean the old grease and to reapply new one.
> The problem is that I don't know what is the right lubricant to use, so I'm
> asking advice, with a preference to a product that I can buy here in Europe.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ralf
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