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Re: [OM] FS: Zuiko 35-70/3.6 zoom

Subject: Re: [OM] FS: Zuiko 35-70/3.6 zoom
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 15:44:51 -0500
Yeah that's the big no-no.  I was sent one once that had been partially
unscrewed.  The ball bearings are so small (1mm) you can't see them but you
can hear them drop on to the work bench one by one....and bounce...

John  Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] FS: Zuiko 35-70/3.6 zoom


| WKato@xxxxxxx wrote:
| >
| > This lens Olympus' pro level short range zoom. There are over a hundred
ball
| > bearings in the diaphragm mechanism...
|
| Actually, the ball bearings are in the focusing ring assembly -- and
| there's over 300 (!) of them!  (As anyone who's unscrewed the wrong part
| can tell you! ;^)
|



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