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Re: [OM] Olympus IS-30 question

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus IS-30 question
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:08:09 -0400
It's not user fixable.

John  Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mailing list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "camera fix list"
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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:51 PM
Subject: [OM] Olympus IS-30 question


| I recently bought a nice-looking Olympus IS-30 "ZLR" which is a fancy
| point-and-shoot. Sometimes I just feel like pointing-and-shooting. The
| camera has autofocus and a 28-110mm zoom lens, and therein is the problem.
|
| The autofocus doesn't seem to work at longer focal lengths. The camera
| motors make noise, but the focus never settles, and the viewfinder stays
| fuzzy as the motor runs then stops, I think the camera gives up after a
| certain time. Since this is a fully automatic camera it won't even take
the
| picture if the focus doesn't lock. It looks like the camera does focus
when
| at short focal length settings, the viewfinder image gets sharper and then
| the "AF" stops blinking and the camera beeps and will take the picture
with
| slightly more pressure on the release.
|
| My questions:
|
| Does anyone know of any possible user-fixable causes for this? I'm not
| anxious to tear into this camera, its probably very complex, but if there
is
| some setting to check or something to clean I'd try it.
|
| Does anyone know how to test and verify if the autofocus is broken, or if
| the autofocus is somehow is focal-length setting related?
|
| Thanks,
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| Jim Brokaw
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