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[OM] Dan Mitchell's tape fix for 65-200 zoom creep + tightening the hood

Subject: [OM] Dan Mitchell's tape fix for 65-200 zoom creep + tightening the hood on the 65-200 and 85-250
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:11:36 -0400
ate: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:29:10 -0700
From: "Daniel J. Mitchell" <DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [OM] Zoom creep?

> It "may" be fixable, one of my 65-200mm here developed the same
> thing though not as bad as yours, as long as the nylon grips are
> undamaged I think you will find there are some screws that need
> tightening under the rubber grip and the main focus/zoom ring.

 This turned out to be an almost embarrassingly easy fix in the end.

Firstly, I worked out that I should use google, not the om-list search, to search the archives; the previous thread on this (same lens, even) was called 'zoom "creep"', and the quotes confused the search.

Secondly, once I'd found that thread, I took the rubber off, tightened up all the little screws at the bottom of the sliding section, and that
improved matters somewhat, but not all the way.

Third, easiest, fix: put a strip of black electrical tape lengthwise down the inner part of the lens body. This provides enough extra girth that now the sliding section stays where I put it, even when vertical and I shake it around. This is a _super_ easy fix, and the black tape matches the black lens body just fine, so there's no real cosmetic problem either.

(and it's really nice finally having a zoom lens where I can use the center of the screen to focus, rather than it being half black all the time..)

dan

Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:51:58 -0600
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Zoom creep?

The number for the same part on the 85-250mm is CB080400 -- you'll need two, and the hood just unscrews from the knurled ring at the back. The nice thing is that the part is known to be available -- it's used to correct/prevent light leak on the Stylus Zoom.


Mike wrote:

> > Wobbly hood? Probably the felt strips around the inside of the hood and the outside of it's retaining ring have become compressed -- order 2 ea., part #CE648600 from Olympus/parts dept.
> >
> Clint,
>
> Would this be the same part# for the 85~250 hood? The felt on mine is
> too tired to fluff up any more and the hood won't stay put.
>
> Mike
>
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