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Re: [OM] Lenses with Dented Filter Rings

Subject: Re: [OM] Lenses with Dented Filter Rings
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 07:15:52 -0700
On 5 Sep 98, at 16:58, kdunn@xxxxxx wrote:

> The previous owner of my recently acquired 50mm 3.5 macro must have at some
> point dropped the lens on a tile floor. I didn't notice the flat spot until
> I got the lens home and tried to put a filter into the threads. I can actually
> screw in a filter but the filters threads get a slight shaving in the
> process. 
> I've been contemplating striking a wooden dowel with a malet in an effort
> to push the dent back out. My other alternative would be to leave the filter
> mounted pemanently and pretend I don't know the dent is there. The lens looks
> like a 10- otherwise.

Maybe buy a used thin rim filter (like a P*nt*x), then remove the 
glass and leave it on all the time. With a 50mm, vignetting 
shouldn't be a problem, even when adding another filter. 


Shawn & Janis Wright
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