As I recall, the 300 filter ring is part of the front group of elements
(which may not be available anymore) so take it slow when straightening the
ring.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Robison" <omrobison@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Zuiko 300mm meets concrete :(
| Sorry to hear of your mishap. On the subject of
| dented filter rings, I've had good success with the
| wooden dowel and hammer method(that is if the rim is
| not bent too far over). John H. explained this
| technique in a post about a year or so ago and I tried
| it on my Mamiya C 180mm lens, it worked great! You
| cradle the dowel between your fingers, placing it over
| the top of the lens against the dented portion of the
| rim. Then with a hammer, lightly tap the end of the
| dowel, slowly straightening out the dent. I would use
| about a 3/8 dowel and bevel the end to the curvature
| of the filter ring.
|
| If I didn't explain this correctly, perhaps John H.
| could intercede...
|
| John Robison
|
| --- Barry Brown <bb_olympus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > Ugh. I just have to express my disappointment.
| >
| > Last weekend I went on a driving trip into the
| > Sierra Nevada with the
| > intention of taking some pictures. I brought all my
| > camera gear. Although
| > I set up the tripod and put the camera on it several
| > times, I ended up not
| > taking any pictures because the lighting just didn't
| > do it for me. I've
| > promised myself that I'm going to return this coming
| > weekend and arrive very
| > early in the morning to catch the first rays of
| > light on the east side of
| > Donner Summit.
| >
| > Upon returning home, I pulled my camera bag out of
| > the car, but I had
| > forgotten to zip up the special pocket in my Tamrac
| > bag that the telephoto
| > lives in. Out my 300mm Zuiko flew and landed on the
| > concrete -- a fall of
| > about 3-4 feet. It made the most sickening "thud"
| > sound.
| >
| > I picked it up fearing the worst, but it seems to
| > have fared well. The
| > filter ring is dented on one side, as is the lens
| > hood. Some of the black
| > anodization on the hood has come off. The glass
| > itself has no visible
| > damage. However, my near-mint lens is no longer
| > near-mint.
| >
| > If there is no obvious damage to the glass, do these
| > things typically
| > survive falls like this? Will the picture quality
| > be diminished? If not,
| > then they are built much better than I imagined.
| >
| > I've ordered a filter ring vise from Micro-Tools. I
| > can live with the loss
| > of the anodization, but I'd like the filter ring
| > round again. I figure that
| > if a lens doesn't eventually take some beating, then
| > I'm obviously not using
| > it enough. Camera gear should be for taking
| > pictures, not sitting on a
| > shelf. Heaven knows my OM bodies have taken some
| > abuse, as evidenced by the
| > brassing.
| >
| > Just had to get that off my chest.
| >
| > Barry Brown
| >
| >
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