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Re: [OM] Fwd: Olympus IS-1 problem with zoom

Subject: Re: [OM] Fwd: Olympus IS-1 problem with zoom
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 07:46:38 -0600
Your analysis sounds correct to me -- broken gear in the zoom
mechanism.  Don't wait too long to have it looked at, though -- the zoom
motors are already NLA, who knows how much longer we'll be able to get
gears/etc. for the IS-1's & 2's....

Giles wrote:
> 
> From: Kernow62@xxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:40:54 EST
> Subject: Olympus IS-1 problem with zoom
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 09
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is my first posting to the list.
> 
> I have an IS-1 that has served me well for several years, while on holiday in
> the UK the lens suddly would not zoom. When the camera is first turned on the
> lens comes out as normal, only slightly less extended. Zooming out does
> nothing. If I pull slightly on the lens while zooming the lens clicks once
> and extends to the normal rest position and then the zoom works fine until it
> is turned off. Sometimes this fix seems to last for months, sometimes it only
> works once and I have to repeat the process each time I turn the camera on.
> 
> Any ideas? I am guessing perhaps a gear related problem in the zoom, possibly
> due to vibration something has come loose. I am sure it is mechanical rather
> than electrical.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nigel
> 
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