I don't use lens cases, as I find them to be inconvenient. But I
have kept all those I have acquired though the years, and a trip
down into the basement just now to locate the box most of the
cases are stored in, followed by sticking in the appropriate lens,
trying it each way when the answer wasn't obvious, shows that at
least these lenses fit their hard cases ONLY nose up:
35/2, 135/2.8, 180/2.8, 300/4.5, and 400/6.3.
The 21/2 can go either way, as can the 135/4.5 macro, but I think
they were meant to go nose up like the others. Those were all the
hard cases I could find. With the soft cases, there's no way to
tell what orientation was intended.
I have always stored my lenses nose up and never had a problem
with oily blades. I just think they're more comfortable sitting
on their bottoms. I know I am. ;-)
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 07:35:11 -0500
>At 01:39 PM 5/4/2003 +0930, you wrote:
>>What is the wrong way or a risky way to store a lens?
>>Is the effect of heat going to soften the lubricants and allow
>>them to flow onto the blades?
>>Where in the lens does the oil come from?
>>Can the oil be cleaned off the blades? and how hard is this to
>>do?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Tim
>
>Perhaps the short answer is to say store your lenses nose down.
>That's how they come in OM lens cases.
>
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