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[OM] Re: Infra-red heat lens repair

Subject: [OM] Re: Infra-red heat lens repair
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:20:10 +0000
Jeff,

Look at this before you decide what to do:

http://www.skgrimes.com/popsci/index.htm

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> After removing the original cement with Acetone? - then cementing them back
> together. How reliable is the process ... if I have a lens that still works
> fairly well should a repair be attempted or should I wait until it gets bad
> enough that I don't want to use it?
> 
> -jeff
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service" <olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Infra-red heat lens repair
> 
> 
> >
> > We just use the lens cement Fargo sells that is UV cured -- just clamp the
> > cemented elements together and put them in the sun for a while!  I've
> fixed
> > dozens of 75-150's that way since Olympus ran out of the elements....
> >
> >
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