The last batch of hoods I got for the 135 macro (which have those blasted
thumbscrews) were all assemble improperly at the factory. They put the
thumbscrew in and then tap the inside of the tip to swag it out so the screw
can't come out, but the screw is too long to begin with so you can't slip
the hood onto the lens.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Oly List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:05 PM
Subject: [OM] OM2 with handicaps
> <amazed> They used water-soluble ink on a camera? </amazed>
>
> Lama
>
> On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 01:50 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> Numbers scratched off shutter speed scale? Sounds
> like tampering or water damage. Numbers are printed with water based ink
> and it is common to see them runny or spread out in water damaged bodies.
>
> For those following along at home, a few weeks ago, a paraphrased John
> Hermanson wrote:
> on some OM-1 bodies, they used acid-core flux.
>
> and some wise-acre named Lama said,
> <amazed> They used radiator flux within a camera? </amazed>
>
> ps, By the way, who chose thumbscrew for the metal hoods? We should
> string him up but of course we'd have to find a non-standard cord and
> attach it to a removable shoe which would soon crack.......
>
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