No need to call Scully but you may wind up with something
resembling Florida!!
Charlie Loeven
cpl49@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Back after a long wait for a replacement Hard Drive and going through
658 messages. (mostly OM)
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander <mediadyne@xxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 12:07 PM
Subject: [OM] there is an alien in my lens!!!
>Ok, ok, I'll try to relax.
>I went to a shop that sells old stuff, I think its called Pawn shops (sp?)
in
>the US.
>I found an old beat up Zuiko, that I made out to be a 50mm f1.2. the price
was
>the equivalent of US40, so I didnt even bother checking the lens, not at
that
>price anyways.
>
>So, I got home, opened up the lens...
>You wont believe this! There is something groing inside the optics! there
are
>some greenish yellow looking stuff with lots of dots in it! Has anyone ever
>heard of anything like this? It sounds like something from the X files.
>I would have thought it was funny, but I have a baby in the house...
>I immidiately put the "lens" in an air tight bag and hung it outside.
>Can bacteria or other living organisms grow in a lens? Or is it something
>melting?
>Is it dangerous?
>I am sure the lens is useless but is this suppose to happen? Could the lens
>have broken up and something went in and "evolved"?
>
>Should I call Scully?
>
>
>
>
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