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Subject: Re: [OM] Woo Hoo! was: Whoa....
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:07:30 +1100
>From memory it's safe to undo the 3 mount screws and take a look inside, you
shouldn't have spring loaded parts flying around or ball bearings dropping
out !

My 135/3.5 had the same problem many years ago, a particularly poor piece of
Oly design.

...Wayne

> 
> I've been thinking about doing something to repair the lens. Everything I
read
> on the archives said simply "remove the mount....", or something like
that.
> I'm just wondering what else falls off/out/in when I undo the three
screws.
> Does the mount just lift off, or is there a trick to it?
> 
> Martin
> 
> On 25/02/2013 6:39 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> > The locking pin itself isn't plastic, it is metal.  It's a spring
> > inside normally held down by a (now broken) plastic post.  Safe to use
> > in an "emergency" test scenario, it just won't latch on the adapter
properly.
> >
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> >
> > On 2/25/2013 5:28 PM, Moose wrote:
> >> On 2/25/2013 2:14 PM, Walters, Martin wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >>> The 135/3.5 tested out well on the E-1 (John Foster-Biofos).
> >>> Haven't tried mine because the dreaded plastic locking pin is
> >>> broken.
> >>
> >> Plastic locking pin on what? I need to know what to dread. :-)
> >>
> >>> I've tried the Pen F 150/4 which is actually quite sharp.
> >>
> >> Just cause they are old doesn't mean lenses aren't sharp. I posted
> >> here a while ago about how an 'ancient' 200/4 Nikkor bested both my
> >> 200/5 and 200/4 Zuikos, center and edge. Huge, heavy, probably flares
> >> more easily, but SHARP.
> >>
> >> Bated Breath Moose
> >>
> >
> 
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