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Subject: [OM] Re: Blacked-out "Olympus" on front lens ring
From: Vaughan Bromfield <vaughanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:01:36 +1000
John

The lens was probably used for copy work on a stand at some time. When
photographing glossy flat art work, white writing on the front of the
camera will be visible (though perhaps out-of-focus).



> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:58:26 +0000
> From: "Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Blacked-out "Olympus" on front lens ring
> 
> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:47:23 -0500
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: John Levin <jlevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Blacked-out "Olympus" on front lens ring
> 
> 
>         I just received my "new" Zuiko 100mm f/2.8, and it looks to be in 
> great 
> condition...except that some previous owner blacked out "Olympus" "Zuiko" 
> "Auto", etc. from the front ring with what appears to have been black magic 
> marker (they left some info unmarked). Was this some kind of security thing 
> or do some zuikoholics su*bscribe to a fanatic cult with bizarre 
> initiation rituals?
> 
> Is there any way to remove the marker without risking damage to the lens?

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