Let's see, 2 races of 185 ball bearings each, total, 370 - 1mm ball
bearings. I vote for hugely time consuming.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] damaged zoom?
> 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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> > John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
> > Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:37 PM
> > 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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