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[OM] Re: Care of the 65-200 f/4, was: Buying a Tamron 80-200 f2.8

Subject: [OM] Re: Care of the 65-200 f/4, was: Buying a Tamron 80-200 f2.8
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 22:59:36 +1000
> 
> Eh?  I have a 65-200 that I bought from a list member perhaps 6 years 
> ago.  It has almost never been used (I have far too many 
> lenses) and has 
> spent 99% of its life sitting in my OM lens drawer.  It's 
> possible the 
> front element has been cleaned once since I bought it but the rear 
> element has never been cleaned.  Despite never being cleaned my rear 
> element is perfectly hazeless.  Of course, it was hazeless 
> when I bought 
> it so maybe what you meant is that a lens which does develop 
> haze has to 
> be cleaned regularly?  Does that also mean that a hazed rear element 
> must also be removed to clean both sides?
> 

Maybe the haze is caused by exposure to light !

Don't use it and it stays in pristine condition.

...Wayne
 



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