Hi Windsor,
You're absolutely right on the matter. The problem is, that the problem just
had occurred to me and I was rather puzzled.
I'll go and find a service man.
Best regards
Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Fungus in my 50/1.4 MC?
> -snip
>
> >
> >
> >What shall I do? The lens only costed me 40 $ or so as it has a tiny
> >scratch on the front element. Any chance to open and clean it? Don't
> >think I will send it to a CLA because of the low worth.
> >
> >Any helpful comments are welcome.
> >
> >Bernd Möller
> >
>
> Bernd,
>
> I have never understood the logic of not spending any money on an
> item that you have already saved money on. People who buy a used car
> expect to spend money to fix things. It is still cheaper than new.
> If you are asking for advice, you probably do not have any experience
> and may damage the lens doing it yourself. Even if you only paid $40
> for it the lens is still a precision optical device. Any other used
> replacement for it is likely to also need a CLA. Why not give it to
> someone who knows what they are doing and get a professional job on
> it so that you can enjoy it for years to come? Why wonder whether the
> last funny looking photo you took was the result of your inexpert
> reassembly.
>
> If you had bought the lens at full price when it was new and it now
> needed a CLA after years of service you probably would not hesitate
> to get a CLA. What is the difference?
>
> Winsor
>
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> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
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