Watching the Japanese technician (I think it was Mr. Fujimoto) with a
gigantic spanner, staring at the 300/4.5 in a machinists vice, this is when
I learned their equivalent for the American slang "S*xt". After struggling
for hours, bending or breaking the spanner tips off without being able to
open the lens, he says........."kusoh"........Then they get on the telex
machine to the head office and say "NO MORE GLUE......."
I'm not saying all 300s are glued shut, but some are. On some lenses, they
got smart and installed a set screw just to prevent the front tube from
unscrewing. Much better than glue. Some fungus can be cleaned off.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 For Free Olympus manuals,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 1:31 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] ( OM ) Tokina AT-X 24/40 F2.8
> Hi,
>
> I don't know how this will work out but I think OK. He is a little bent
out
> of shape that I found fungus in his lens and doesn't believe that it may
not
> be repairable as John Hermanson has stated. Apparently some of the 300mm
> lenses were superglued together and cannot be disassembled. I can't
imagine
> a company doing something like that but John always knows what he is
talking
> about. I will send it to him for evaluation and (if practical) repair. I
> bought about $2200 worth of stuff from this guy and most of it is very
nice.
> I wanted some of the things for my granddaughters and just a couple of
> things for myself. Will resell the rest.
>
> Snow is coming slow this year. They had Yellowstone closed to snowmobiles
> for a while as the snow pack was insufficient. We got enough last week
that
> they were able to reopen the West entrance. C'mon snow......
>
> I hope you had an enjoyable holiday season.
>
> /jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of NSURIT@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:44 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) Tokina AT-X 24/40 F2.8
>
>
> In a message dated 1/3/2003 7:44:18 PM Central Standard Time,
> jnmcbr@xxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> one of the lenses advertised as a "perfect 10" was a bit of a
> fungus farm. That ole Bill just might know what he's doin......
>
>
>
> Any of us who have bought more than a few things on ebay have learned
how
> to ask the right questions before hand and even that isn't enough
sometimes.
> I think the scale is tipped to my advantage (and I'm sure yours) by the
> outstanding buys I have picked up over the past several years from ebay.
> Was the seller willing to work with you a little? It seems a little more
> difficult to do when you have purchased a package at a decent price. Bill
> Barber
>
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