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Re: [OM] damaged zoom?

Subject: Re: [OM] damaged zoom?
From: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:55:07 GMT
Does that make it a reasonably easy fix by a *competent* engineer, or is 
it now a hugely time consuming process to reinstate the bearings?

James

> Yeah, can't even see them hitting the table, but you sure hear
> them......oooops...to late.
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> Subject: Re: [OM] damaged zoom?
> 
> 
> > Heh, heh, heh -- that's exactly what happens when someone unscrews the
> wrong
> > part and looses the 300+ ball bearings in the zoom.  It makes an
> unmistakable
> > sound -- all those little BB's falling all over the desk and floor....
> > (chortle! -- gawd, I love that lens! Beats the smell of napalm in the
> morning
> > any day)
> >
> > james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > I bought a 35-70 / 3.6 by mail order and just received the lens. I 
think
> > > that it is probably damaged, but want to be sure before taking it 
back.
> > > The first point is that the zoom ring stops about 2 or 3mm before 
the 70
> > > mark reaches the white indicator line. Secondly, moving the zoom 
ring
> > > towards the 50 mark starts to push the front elements out, but if I
> > > reverse the direction back towards 70 there's about 2mm of movement 
of
> the
> > > ring
> 
> 
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