Hi Gary,
Depending on how your repairs work out, I am in the market for the
mounting bracket alone or If you wind up buying another BG2 I can take
the extra mounting bracket off your hands.
Let me know your price if you decide to sell.
Don Reichle dwreich@xxxxxxxx
Gary Edwards wrote:
>
> John,
>
> Let me get this straight. My Bounce Grip can't be glued back together and you
> tell us to use Pond's cold cream or (ick) face grease on our beloved Zuickos
> to
> neutralize fungus? You're funnin' us, right? ;-)
>
> Well, I am looking for a good deal on a replacement BG 2 or even just the
> handle
> section. But in the meantime, I have a date with my buddy Don tomorrow
> (that's
> him in one of my glider shots on the Unofficial Oly Gallery). Don has flown
> everything from Chinooks to three-hole Falcons, and never scratched an
> airplane.
> However, weekends at the RC model field, he crashes a lot. As a result, he
> knows
> more about gluing things back to gether than anyone I know. So we WILL try
> gluing it back together. I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Gary Edwards
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
>
> > Ponds cold cream, or almost any variation is excellant for cleaning
> > lenses. Also, at N*k*n we used........face oil....that's right, with
> > equivalent results. Rub finger on oily area of face, now rub into
> > fungus infecte area of glass. Believe it or notttt.
> > Sometimes the hardest part (sometimes impossible) was to unscrew the
> > from assembly from the body of the lens.
> >
> > John
> >
> > Olaf Greve wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi again all,
> > >
> > > After 6 weeks of absence from the list whilst working/travelling in Peru
> > > respectively Venezuela, I am back in Amsterdam (at least for the time
> > > being).
> > >
> > > A few weeks ago Brian Huber helped me to obtain a Zuiko 300/4.5 mm lens
> > > for
> > > a very low price, however, he informed me the lens has a tiny bit of
> > > fungus
> > > on the second element from the front (the lens is at my parents' house,
> > > and
> > > I will see it tonight for the first time - exciting!).
> > >
> > > I remember that around the time I set sail to Peru there was some thread
> > > going on about cleaning a 300 mm lens.
> > >
> > > My questions now are:
> > > -Can anyone tell me if a little bit of fungus on the 2nd element will
> > > negatively influence picture quality?
> > > -Is it easy to clean such a lens myself (mind you: I've never taken a lens
> > > apart so far) or should I have it done by a professional?
> > > -Brian thought that John Hermanson said that Olympus techs use Ponds cold
> > > cream to treat fungus, any word on that?
> > > -Will the tiny bit of fungus easily be transformed into a major
> > > infestation
> > > if it is left untreated (typical Dutch climate: cold and rainy)?
> > > -Does anyone still have the messages (either in message form or digest
> > > format) regarding the previous thread about how to clean that lens?
> > >
> > > If anyone can help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > Ah, I can't wait until I get to shoot some film using that lens, it looks
> > > like finally nature fotography has become a reality for me :)
> > >
> > > Cheers and hope to read many informative messages on the list.
> > > Olaf
> > >
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