Yeah, can't even see them hitting the table, but you sure hear
them......oooops...to late.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] damaged zoom?
> Heh, heh, heh -- that's exactly what happens when someone unscrews the
wrong
> part and looses the 300+ ball bearings in the zoom. It makes an
unmistakable
> sound -- all those little BB's falling all over the desk and floor....
> (chortle! -- gawd, I love that lens! Beats the smell of napalm in the
morning
> any day)
>
> james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I bought a 35-70 / 3.6 by mail order and just received the lens. I think
> > that it is probably damaged, but want to be sure before taking it back.
> > The first point is that the zoom ring stops about 2 or 3mm before the 70
> > mark reaches the white indicator line. Secondly, moving the zoom ring
> > towards the 50 mark starts to push the front elements out, but if I
> > reverse the direction back towards 70 there's about 2mm of movement of
the
> > ring
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