Just back from a phone-less, Internet-free gîte in Charente Maritime in
heavily British Western Gaul. Too bad really about the Angenieux zoom
weakening mechanically. I do hope you eventually find the rare
repairman who is up to the task. Have you any scanned pictures online
that you took with it?
Regards from overcrowded, overpriced, but still beautiful Paris,
Philippe Dambournet
On Tuesday, Dec 23, 2003, at 02:05 Europe/Paris, olympus-digest wrote:
Hi, I have the Angenieux lens you mentioned...picked up on e-b*y for
about the same sort of price you mentioned, in almost mint condition.
It originally came in a wooden? chest with a velvet storage bag and
dedicated lens hood.
The lens has a resin / polycarbonate body and marks tend to show.
On the other hand it is optically superb..No compromises here , and
unusual in OM mount. It is physically quite a big lens. Leica owners
have been known to buy them to convert them to Leica fitting....Nuff
said!
Now for the sad bit :-( My lens has developed a fault. On
zooming there is a definite resistance at about the 50m point along
with a definite clunk/click. I have been told this is at the point
where 2 tubesmesh inside one another.
However Angenieux no longer make camera lenses and I cannot find
a reputable / reliable lens repair technician to sort it out.
Until I do the lens is out of action..I am afraid of doing
major damage! Regards, John Duggan, Wales UK.
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