Only about 30 of them fell out, and I managed to find about 25 and put them
back... then screwed the end on 'vewwry wewwry carefullwy'. That was one of
those "oops...!" moments... It all still works the same, just won't focus
correctly.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
on 10/15/02 7:16 AM, John Hermanson at omtech@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Are you serious about the ball bearings spilling out? I hope you were
> kidding.
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> From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:34 PM
> Subject: [OM] setting infinity focus on Zuiko 35-70/3.6 lens
>
>
>> I have a nice 35-70/3.6 zoom that won't focus to infinity. When the focus
>> ring hits the infinity stop it is somewhere about 12-15 feet, not
> infinity.
>> I already unscrewed the end and spilled all the little 1mm ball
> bearings...
>> I got most of them back (I think).
>>
>> I didn't see anything obvious under the focus ring, so what is the secret?
>> Any advice or help is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim Brokaw
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