Diaphragm rings can be tight in one direction when used on an old OM-1 with
old style meter system (when you look into body mount and see an exposed
roller at the 1:00 position). Going from 16 >2.8 pushes against the
coupling ring spring.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
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Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Frangoulis" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Problem with 24/2.8 diaphragm ring
> OK, I finally took the lens mount apart and tried to clean the
> levers. Now it works again! The diaphragm ring is still stiff in the
> 16 -> 2.8 direction, but at least the DOF button is functional again.
>
> I did this on the suggestion of Daniel Sepke, to whom a owe a very
> big "thank you"!
>
> Bernard
>
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