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[OM] Re: Any info on Angenieux 35-70/2.5-3.3 in OM mount???

Subject: [OM] Re: Any info on Angenieux 35-70/2.5-3.3 in OM mount???
From: Jim Loudon <listadr@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:11:38 -0700 (PDT)

>From the archives:


> Hi, I have the Angenieux lens you mentioned...picked up on e-b*y for about
> the same sort of price you mentioned, in almost mint condition. It
> originally came in a wooden? chest with a velvet storage bag and dedicated
> lens hood.
> 
> The lens has a resin / polycarbonate body and marks tend to show. On the
> other hand it is optically superb..No compromises here , and unusual in OM
> mount. It is physically quite a big lens. Leica owners have been known to
> buy them to convert them to Leica fitting....Nuff said!
> 
> Now for the sad bit  :-(  My lens has developed a fault. On zooming there
> is a definite resistance at about the 50m point along with a definite
> clunk/click. I have been told this is at the point where 2 tubesmesh
> inside one another.
> 
> However Angenieux no longer make camera lenses and I cannot find a
> reputable / reliable lens repair technician to sort it out.
> 
> Until I do the lens is out of action..I am afraid of doing major damage!
> 
> Regards, John Duggan, Wales UK.
> 

ref: http://lists.tako.de/Olympus-OM/2003-12/msg01536.html
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