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Subject: [OM] Damping Fluid
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:13:29 +1300
Dan wrote

> Quick question. What would be the most suitable thing to use
> for damping a movement in a lens? 
> 
> I ask it in relation to my recent
> Nikon shift lens conversion. It has a tendency to 'droop' when shifted all
> the way up. The mechanism is question is a screw driven plate/groove that
> carries the lens body. Would I do best to apply it to the screw or the
> plate?
> 
> Dan S

The Zuiko shift lenses have little screws to control such looseness. I'd 
expect  a N*k*n lens to have a similar feature. Fluid is not a good idea - a 
real attractor for grit etc.

Brian

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