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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: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 11:22:43 -0600
Mine has the haze and hasn't been used in years. Anyone know how to clean
it?


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On 5/20/07 6:59 AM, "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
>> 
>> 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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