Never having bought so much as a paperclip on eBay I'd have to say that the
vendor's write up is open and candid. He refers to dust inside the lens
along with "two dent inside the elements".
If one is willing to spend US$641 for something one has never cast eyes upon
from a complete stranger one is really buying an expensive pig in a poke and
has to take the very real chance that the pig is only going make a bad
roast.
My advice ............... look around this list membership for items to buy.
That is a 10000% improvement on taking chances on eBay.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:06 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Discussion around 90mm macro lens etc
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Of the kit I have ordered, I had received the 90mm Macro last week,
> and my (mint-looking)
> OM-1n arrived today. I am still waiting for my 50mm f/1.4 and my 24mm
> f/2.0
> and then, depending on their condition, I do plant to send the camera
> body
> as well as the 90mm Macro to John Hermansson for a complete overhaul,
> and perhaps one
> or more of the other items.
>
> The Macro lens seems externally flawless, and the lens coatings etc.
> still
> look great. Focusing and aperture smooth and perfect. The lens is
> dirty inside,
> with the (many) specks etc needing perhaps a disassembly and a good
> clean. The lens has two
> tiny chips inside on one of the glass elements - must have happened
> during a repair etc,
> this lens has not been dropped or dinged if the external condition is
> anything to go by,
> literally not a scratch.
>
> I sure know they do not come along every day - I ended up paying $641
> for
> it, which is a lot for on old lens with a tiny bit of damage, but it
> does appear
> that this was a decent price for the lens. What are your thoughts, was
> it a good price?
> I am happy, and I feel it was - but what does the group say?
>
> The auction page will still be up for a while, have a look:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=300257897916
>
> P.S. The lens element look great in these images, but when you hold
> the lens up to sunshine,
> there is a disturbing amount of particles stuck (worryingly regularly)
> inside - it's not like
> dust which can be seen when you hold the lens up to a light and look
> through it, but instead
> it is seen when the light reflects off of them. Only visible in
> reflected sunlight, but then
> it's *seriously* visible. Hopefully John can sort it out :-)
>
>
> On 29 Sep 2008, at 5:15 PM, Sue Pearce wrote:
>
>>
>> Dawid,
>>
>> I wasn't refering to you with the buyer's remorse comment, but to my
>> own
>> personal experience.
>>
>> Is this a really good copy of this lens? Was the price good? As they
>> don't
>> come along every day, perhaps you would do well to send it to John
>> Hermanson
>> and get it cleaned.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 9:50 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 Viewfinder
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> No, this is not buyer's remorse at all, and certainly not even a few,
>> or a few hundred, specks
>> of dust, this is a strange deposit inside the lens. In anyway, I am
>> still thrilled, it just seems as if it something
>> which should (and could) be cleaned...
>>
>> Of course dirt in the lens can cause flare / halation / contrast loss!
>> - I can clearly see the flare
>> rings reflect off the junk in the lens when I point into the sun.
>> However, a bit of dust won't do this, this
>> is much worse.
>>
>> Anyway, it still appears to be a great lens, and I will definitely
>> "shoot and be happy" :-)
>>
>> thanks for the interest, and regards,
>> Dawid
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29 Sep 2008, at 3:57 PM, <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> I may be wrong but I find it difficult to believe that any amount of
>>> dust or paint flecks that a lens may accumulate internally can have
>>> any visible effect at all on an actual photograph. I don't see how
>>> they can cause "flare" in any way and the total surface area of the
>>> "dust" relative to the total surface area of the glass has to be
>>> minuscule. It would be interesting to perform a test of a common
>>> target between two identical lenses... on with "dust" and the other
>>> supposedly clean.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>>> -------Original Message-------
>>>> From: Sue Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 Viewfinder
>>>> Sent: Sep 29 '08 13:28
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the specks in the 90mm Macro, I am going to
>>>> take a photo and post a link to it here sometime to
>>>> get this list's opinion. I agree, I am going to complain to the
>>>> seller, he mentioned a 'few specks of dust' which is, of course, of
>>>> no concern (I am not one of those people who worry about dust in a
>>>> lens), but this is really rather a *lot* of worryingly uniform
>>>> (in terms of coverage across the lens element) specks, visible
>>>> only in sharp, direct sun, which appears to make
>>>> the lens rather flare-prone (looking through the finder,
>>>> anyway, have not looked at film results yet) , because sunlight
>>>> shining into the lens is obviously seriously reflecting off
>>>> of them."
>>>>
>>>> Not tojump on you, Dawid, but this is a problem to me. I think this
>>>> is the
>>>> unfortunate offspring of ebay, as I don't remember specks of dust
>>>> to be a
>>>> problem years ago. I had a 35-70 purchased on ebay and returned
>>>> because when
>>>> the buyer shined a Tensor lamp into the front, he could see a
>>>> single small
>>>> speck. Since there was no speck visible under any other way, I
>>>> think it must
>>>> have been a reflection of something. I ferunded his money, and days
>>>> later he
>>>> announced on this list that he just purchased a complete E1 outfit.
>>>> I think
>>>> it may have been a speck of buyer's remorse.
>>>>
>>>> Specks of stuff, especially black paint, have been a reality in new
>>>> lenses
>>>> for decades, and we formerly were accepting of them. Not now.
>>>>
>>>> Don't worry, shoot and be happy.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Pearce
>>>>
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