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-----Original Message-----
From: Skip Williams [mailto:om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:43 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Finding Fungus For Fun
I got a few with the 200, but the rain came early into the game. It
balances well on the E-1. Do you need it back right away?
Skip
>
>Subject: [OM] Re: Finding Fungus For Fun
> From: "Joseph Ascione" <jascione@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:01:26 -0400
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>I usually hold it up about 10 inches from a 60 watt bulb and look at it
>through the loop. By the way, how was the 200 did you get a chance to
>use it, I got over to Lincoln Harbor to get some shots of the QM2 and
>QE2 at 6AM Sunday morning, hopefully they came out, I shot Kodachrome
>64, using the 300 and another brand 135 with 2x-21. Regards, Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Skip Williams [mailto:om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:29 AM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Finding Fungus For Fun
>
>
>That works great for the outer elements. It's harder to see damage on
>the middle elements without a light source like a flashlight.
>
>Skip
>
>>
>>Subject: [OM] Re: Finding Fungus For Fun
>> From: "Joseph Ascione" <jascione@xxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:08:44 -0400
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>I usually hold the lens up to a light and look at it with a 10x
>jewelers
>>loop at both ends. I can then see early signs of fungus.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Walt Wayman [mailto:hiwayman@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:06 AM
>>To: Oly List
>>Subject: [OM] Finding Fungus For Fun
>>
>>I received an off-list e-mail inquiring about the possibility of using
>>the little Hakuba slide viewer that I posted about last week as a
light
>>source for the inspection of lenses for fungus, dust, and so forth.
>>With only moderate verbosity, I expressed my opinion, then proceeded
to
>>opine further about what I considered to be the proper way to check
the
>>innards of a lens.
>>
>>Then I got to wondering if my advice was as good as I thought it was
>>when I wrote it. Since we're all, at least those who remain true-blue
>>OM users, now in a position of dealing almost exclusively with used
>>gear, often bought sight-unseen based on a description by a total
>>stranger in a faraway place who may be either ignorant or dishonest,
or
>>both, we need to know how to inspect the gear properly. It seems
we're
>>hearing more and more about problems with lenses bought over the
>>internet from some in our group.
>>
>>Anyway, this is what I wrote, and if anyone has any disagreement, any
>>correction, or a better modus operandi, I think it would benefit us
all
>>to hear about it. I can't always be perfect, you know, and do
>>occasionally learn a thing or two here.
>>
>>"The little Hakuba slide viewer is definitely NOT the tool you're
>>looking for to inspect lenses. The best way to spot nasties inside a
>>lens is by shining a plain old flashlight through it, from each end,
>>while moving the light and the lens around. Like the focused beam of
>>light from a slide projector shows the dust floating in the air, all
of
>>which was invisible in the diffused room light, the focused beam of
the
>>flashlight sharply reveals the crap inside a lens.
>>
>>"As an experiment this morning, I used both the slide viewer and a
>>two-cell Mag-Lite to look at the only lens I have that I know has an
>>internal problem, a 65-200/4 Zuiko with the all-too-common bad element
>>toward the back. With the diffuse light from the slide viewer, had I
>>not known about the bad element, chances are better than good that I
>>would have overlooked it. With the hard light from the Mag-Lite, the
>>frosting of the element was immediately obvious, as
>>was every speck of dust inside the lens.
>>
>>"In fact, using a flashlight to look inside a lens, particularly a
zoom
>>lens, can be a scary experience. It puts me in mind of a line from an
>>old Rod Stewart song: "The morning sun, when it's in your face, really
>>shows your age." Almost every lens has at least one or two specks of
>>dust inside, and a hard light source, just like a projector in a dark
>>room or the sun on Maggie May's face, shows things that soft, diffuse
>>light won't."
>>
>>Walt, standing by for correction
>>
>>--
>>Everybody thinks they have a sense
>>of humor -- even people who don't.
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