Last 2 walk in customers I had both came in with 65-200 (what was the
chances of that happening) and I expected the fogging com,plaint from
both...........but.........no. Both lenses were perfect, I was quite
surprised.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Davies" <julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 65-200mm cloudy rear lens
> This is a known and very common defect. The lens can't be effectively
> cleaned and no replacements are available. There seems to be no
correlation
> between condition or age and haziness.
> Hopefully someone knows a really good storage method to avoid the problem,
> which seems to be an oil haze, rather than a fungus. Problem being that
the
> oil etches the element the same as a fungus would. Since it's oil, the
usual
> humidity control won't help.
> Personally, I've never seen one without haze to some degree. Bear in mind,
> however that it won't harm your images too much if the hazing is minor.
Just
> make sure you don't pay "perfect" prices for anything but a perfectly
clear
> lens. And never pay for one prior to inspection.
> Every time this subject comes up, and a reply like this is posted, there
is
> a flood of "mine's ok" type replies. I regard this as an indication that
you
> shouldn't give up all hope, but for how long are you prepared to look?
> For the record, I have a couple of these. They both have some moderate
haze.
> I used that as a negotiating point. They take nice pictures. I don't do
> contre - jour with them.
>
> Julian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Shedrick" <shedridc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:40 AM
> Subject: [OM] 65-200mm cloudy rear lens
>
>
> > How common is the problem with the rear element looking cloudy?
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