I recement old style OM eyepiece lenses that way (found in oldest OM-1s).
Hardest part may be getting the partially separated elements fully
separated. When the 75-150 goes bad you won't be able to focus it anymore.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Infra-red heat lens repair
>
> 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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