You never know until you try... I would think that
grinding two small elements would't be as expensive as
you might think. (I mean eyeglass manufacturers do it
all the time). Schenieder also might be able to figure
the lens out by testing it etc. Olympus has no
interest in that lens anymore (it was last made 18
years ago and they aren't making any profit off of
selling new ones, a 90/2 macro would be different). Of
course I dunno about the copyrights/patents that might
be involved but again remember this is a very old out
of production lens. The worst they can say is no or
it'll cost ya 2,000 bucks etc. If it costs under $1000
you can easily recoup the cost by selling the lens
later.
Mark Lloyd
--- Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I suppose its possible, but right off the mark I can
> think I would need the
> full specifications for each element... Size,
> curvatures, glass material,
> coatings, tolerances... I don't think that
> information is available anywhere
> but from Olympus and I can't see them sharing it.
>
> Then there is the cost factor... I can put a little
> $$ into fixing this
> lens, but somewhere along the way it gets uneconomic
> and makes more sense to
> buy another one. That somewhere is upwards of $10
> and somewhere well below
> $1000... especially for a 'limited usefulness' lens
> like a circular fisheye.
>
> For the few pictures I'd ever take with it one of
> those screw-in adapters
> makes more sense than spending even $1 fixing it,
> but I just can't bring
> myself to not try to save a Zuiko of such rare
> vintage.
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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