Jim
I had the rear elements of an 8mm repolished at Avtronics in Sydney
(they're on the web), in their Francis Lord Optics division. They
charged me AU$80 (plus 10% tax) per surface and did a really nice job
of it (one surface was badly fungus etched). End result is that the
lens is now perfectly useable although the focus point appear to have
shifted slightly - your mileage may differ. Consequently, the image
circle is slightly clipped at the bottom, a problem easily rectified
in Photoshop. At the cost, for a lens like this, it's worth the risk.
They specialise is exotic lens restoration, but would prefer that you
just sent the elements (get a tech to remove them first).
As an aside, Rob Kan (Nizora) attempted to get a senior Oly person he
knows to check whether the elements for the 8mm were still in a
cupboard in Japan somewhere - and got beaten up by Oly Australia for
his trouble. Seeing as none of us are so dependent on Oly for our
living, perhaps we could start asking very politely...? Seeing as
we've had such an effect with the E1-MA1 :)
AndrewF
>I'll follow up...
>
>I'm searching the world hoping someday to find either or both the 16/3.5
>fisheye and the 8/2.8 fisheye, but only lenses with broken front elements,
>trashed mounts (but good glass). I have both these lenses, which both need
>the rearmost element groups (those 2 or 3 bits of glass closest to the film
>when mounted on the OM body.
>
>As I've indicated, a $ubstantial finder$ fee will be paid for either lens
>(or just the right elements...) found at some 'reasonable' cost. And I'm
>pretty flexible about reasonable, given my current investment in the lenses
>I've got, I can pay a fair amount for the parts and still come out OK, and
>I'd be glad to have the opportunity to do so...
>
>The other lens I'd like to have someday is the 90/2.0, and maybe even the
>35-80/2.8. But at their current market prices I'm not sure I'd use them
>enough to really pursue either... maybe someday I'll be working again, and
>then I can buy more good toys <g>.
>--
>
>Jim Brokaw
>OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
>
>
>on 4/9/04 1:51 PM, Gordon J. Ross at gordross@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> What are you looking for?
>>
>> I'll start out with
>>
>> Zuiko 28/2.0
>> Zuiko 21/2.0
>> OM 3
>>
>> Thanks Gord
>
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