My sympathies. Grrrr I would be telling myself...
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From: Barry Brown <bb_olympus@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:20 PM
Subject: [OM] Zuiko 300mm meets concrete :(
> Ugh. I just have to express my disappointment.
>
> Last weekend I went on a driving trip into the Sierra Nevada with the
> intention of taking some pictures. I brought all my camera gear.
Although
> I set up the tripod and put the camera on it several times, I ended up not
> taking any pictures because the lighting just didn't do it for me. I've
> promised myself that I'm going to return this coming weekend and arrive
very
> early in the morning to catch the first rays of light on the east side of
> Donner Summit.
>
> Upon returning home, I pulled my camera bag out of the car, but I had
> forgotten to zip up the special pocket in my Tamrac bag that the telephoto
> lives in. Out my 300mm Zuiko flew and landed on the concrete -- a fall of
> about 3-4 feet. It made the most sickening "thud" sound.
>
> I picked it up fearing the worst, but it seems to have fared well. The
> filter ring is dented on one side, as is the lens hood. Some of the black
> anodization on the hood has come off. The glass itself has no visible
> damage. However, my near-mint lens is no longer near-mint.
>
> If there is no obvious damage to the glass, do these things typically
> survive falls like this? Will the picture quality be diminished? If not,
> then they are built much better than I imagined.
>
> I've ordered a filter ring vise from Micro-Tools. I can live with the
loss
> of the anodization, but I'd like the filter ring round again. I figure
that
> if a lens doesn't eventually take some beating, then I'm obviously not
using
> it enough. Camera gear should be for taking pictures, not sitting on a
> shelf. Heaven knows my OM bodies have taken some abuse, as evidenced by
the
> brassing.
>
> Just had to get that off my chest.
>
> Barry Brown
>
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