It sounds to me that it is very likely that what your dealer has said to
you is probibly accurate and that he has you best interests in mind.
Rand E.
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>Yvan Lindekens wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry for my bad English: I'm not a native speaker...
>
> Some time ago I dropped my Zuiko 50 mm, f 1.4 lens, stupid, I know....
>
> There are no lenses broken, but there is some mechanical damage:
>
> * the irisdiaphragm doesn't go spontaniously to the "wide open setting"
> when closed manually
>
> * the distance setting ring acts a bit "rough"
>
> * a little metal ring on the back side of the lens is badly deformed...
>
> My photography dealer said, that repairing the lens would be of little use,
> as "this lens is very badly damaged, when repaired you will only have the
> quality of a regular 50mm, f 1.8 lens or so. Repairing will also be very
> expensive. Perhaps it's better to leave alone and buy a new 50 mm, f 1.8
> lens...".
>
> What do you experts think?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Yvan Lindekens, Belgium.
>
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