Soenke - good news - my 1.4x rattles as well, I think it's just the
aperture mechanism. There is a special front cap - now where would you get
one of those????
BTW, that is an excellent price, you could sell it for at least double
that.
Best wishes, David
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> From: Soenke Jansen <SoJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] rattling deal?
> Date: 25 October 1998 16:24
>
> Hi fellow Zuikophiles,
> yesterday I found out that I must be in an advanced stage of zuikoholism
> already. I couldn't resist this deal, even if there was/is no immediate
> 'rationalizable' gain from it.
> Well, I've picked up an Olympus 1.4X-A (Ex+?) for the equivalent of
US$100,
> although I dont yet have the 300/4.5 to match it with, let alone any of
the
> other applicable exotic lenses mentioned (250/2.0, 350/2.8 and so forth).
Now,
> to local standards that is a very good deal (trying to rationalize now!)
and I
> will find a reasonably priced 300/4.5 someday....
> With no means of trying it out on a lens, I'd like to ask the collected
source
> of wisdOM here two questions:
> Is it OK, that this thing rattles? Both aperture levers work nicely and
return
> to their start positions when agitated, but the sound is a bit
distracting, as
> it sounds like a loose spring or a few balls of a ball-bearing gone
astray.
> And secondly, the TC came without a front-cap. Was or is there any such
thing?
> I'd imagine it would have to look like a modified body-cap, as it would
have to
> cover the protruding front element too.
> TIA for any answers,
> Soenke, Hamburg
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