Sorry to hear of your mishap. On the subject of
dented filter rings, I've had good success with the
wooden dowel and hammer method(that is if the rim is
not bent too far over). John H. explained this
technique in a post about a year or so ago and I tried
it on my Mamiya C 180mm lens, it worked great! You
cradle the dowel between your fingers, placing it over
the top of the lens against the dented portion of the
rim. Then with a hammer, lightly tap the end of the
dowel, slowly straightening out the dent. I would use
about a 3/8 dowel and bevel the end to the curvature
of the filter ring.
If I didn't explain this correctly, perhaps John H.
could intercede...
John Robison
--- Barry Brown <bb_olympus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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