Sorry Moose,
I believe that focusing is 100% electronically, but zooming is mechanical.
Even works when lens is disconnected from the body. What's wrong with the
lens? No idea!
Mechanical Wiliam
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From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: zaterdag 4 februari 2012 19:21
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] trouble with my 50-200
On 2/4/2012 7:06 AM, marc simon wrote:
> Hi, all,
> bad luck this morning at one moment my Zuiko ED 50-200 doesn't want to
> zoom anymore:it looks like there is something "non-functioning" in the
> linkage between the zoom ring and the optic. With some tweaking I could
> manually extend the lens, like a one-ring zoom, and when I look at the
> data the focal lens looks correct, and the autofocus still works...
> So it looks like some mechanical linkage is not functioning anymore.
I can't believe that is any mechanical function. Everything is electrical.
There are a couple of other brands that
accommodate their old MF lenses with mechanical connections.
First thing to do is clean the contacts on lens and body.
> ... It was cold this morning, but the lens doesn't suffer any shock...
Perfect situation for a tiny bit of condensation to mess up a contact that
was already a little dirty.
The Tamron lenses on my Canons very occasionally cease to AF properly,
busily and noisily hunting back and forth. Sounds
like something terrible has happened. If it hasn't happened for months, it
often takes me a moment to remember what it
is. A quick wipe of contacts with my shirt or other piece of cloth puts
things right. Then I try to remember to do a
better job when back out of the field.
Cleanliness Is Next to Function Moose
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