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Re: [OM] Lens won't focus anymore, does anyone know a solution?

Subject: Re: [OM] Lens won't focus anymore, does anyone know a solution?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:47:22 -0400
I was going to suggest the same.  Focus is critically dependent on those 
electrical contacts on lens and body.  Clean with some alcohol or some 
other form of degreaser.  Also check their physical condition if there 
are gremlins about.

Chuck Norcutt

Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Olaf,
> 
>> Just the other day I wanted to take some pictures with my E-500 and  
>> the standard kit lens it came with (I think, from memory, that thats'  
>> a 14-45 F3.5-4.5 or so, or is it 14-54 F3.5-4.5?!?) and to my  
>> unpleasant surprise I found the lens won't focus anymore. There's a  
> 
> I had the same problem when I first got a 500, I simply wiped the
> contacts on the lens and on the camera and it worked fine
> until I upgraded.
> 
> It could be that simple, or then again it might not be.
> 
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> Two wrongs are only the beginning.
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