Mine has the same problem. Really irritating, be cause now it would be a
reasonably fast 400....
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> On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:36, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The OM 65-200 f4 zoom had the same problem. I have one of them my father
> bought new when I was a kid. I used to do a lot of photography with it
> when I was younger, but its worthless now. I've seen several others in the
> last couple years for sale, and all had the same issue. Sucks, because it
> was a pretty sharp lens for a 1980's zoom.
>
> I shot these with it when I was 15. 23 years ago!
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>> On 6/26/14 2:57 AM, "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Yes - I've had this. The fogging is over the outer surface of the inner
>> lens - the side facing the internal space. Sometimes the element facing
>> it is also affected. I've had both faces repolished on one pair by a
>> Sydney specialist - resurface and single coating. He charged by the
>> surface on the demounted lenses. It was not necessary to separate the
>> tiny rear doublet.
>> And don't ask - he's retired. I found him by asking a television station
>> serviceperson who had to deal with a lot of damaged lenses.
>> I don't know what causes it in this specific way on this specific lens
>> but it's quite unusual. An even frost etching over the whole surface,
>> nothing like fungus.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Author/Publisher:
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>>
>>
>>
>>> On 26/06/2014, at 9:44 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>
>>> Fogging (like white frosted) is all over outside of element. Sad, I
>>> have a super clean 8mm with this defect.
>>>
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>>>> On 6/25/2014 11:19 AM, Sawyer, Edward wrote:
>>>> The only real possible solution for this is extract the inner element
>>>> pair
>>>> (presuming it's a cemented pair), de-cement them, and re-cement them
>>>> with
>>>> new cement. Edmund Optics carries the tools and supplies you would need
>>>> for this. It's not a trivial piece of work, and would only be worth
>>>> trying
>>>> on an otherwise useless lens.
>>>>
>>>> The above assumes the fogging is in the cementing, which is probable.
>>>> However, some types of glass can chemically change with time,
>>>> effectively
>>>> dissipating some of their materials to the surface of the glass,
>>>> resulting
>>>> in permanent haze. Not sure if the OM fisheyes are of that nature or if
>>>> it's cemented elements that are to blame.
>>>>
>>>> The mamiya RZ67 75mm shift/SB lenses have a common ailment like this
>>>> too,
>>>> in a rear cemented pair.
>>>>
>>>> -Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/24/14 6:16 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>>> <olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [OM] 8mm OM analogue 2.8 OM fisheye users please contact me
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