So does mine. It's due to ball-bearings in side.
George
David Brown wrote:
>
> Soenke - good news - my 1.4x rattles as well, I think it's just the
> aperture mechanism. There is a special front cap - now where would you get
> one of those????
>
> BTW, that is an excellent price, you could sell it for at least double
> that.
>
> Best wishes, David
>
> ----------
> > From: Soenke Jansen <SoJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] rattling deal?
> > Date: 25 October 1998 16:24
> >
> > Hi fellow Zuikophiles,
> > yesterday I found out that I must be in an advanced stage of zuikoholism
> > already. I couldn't resist this deal, even if there was/is no immediate
> > 'rationalizable' gain from it.
> > Well, I've picked up an Olympus 1.4X-A (Ex+?) for the equivalent of
> US$100,
> > although I dont yet have the 300/4.5 to match it with, let alone any of
> the
> > other applicable exotic lenses mentioned (250/2.0, 350/2.8 and so forth).
> Now,
> > to local standards that is a very good deal (trying to rationalize now!)
> and I
> > will find a reasonably priced 300/4.5 someday....
> > With no means of trying it out on a lens, I'd like to ask the collected
> source
> > of wisdOM here two questions:
> > Is it OK, that this thing rattles? Both aperture levers work nicely and
> return
> > to their start positions when agitated, but the sound is a bit
> distracting, as
> > it sounds like a loose spring or a few balls of a ball-bearing gone
> astray.
> > And secondly, the TC came without a front-cap. Was or is there any such
> thing?
> > I'd imagine it would have to look like a modified body-cap, as it would
> have to
> > cover the protruding front element too.
> > TIA for any answers,
> > Soenke, Hamburg
> >
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