Ah, yes, I was afraid that would be the consensus: It is not the lens
that needs fixing, but its owner! I'm not quite sure that I'll ever be
able to love the speck, or disregard it completely, but hopefully I
can avoid having it send me to an early grave!
Thanks for the comments.
Robert Swier
Toronto, Ontario
On 5/27/05, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Timpe, Jim wrote:
>
> >Quoting here:
> >
> >My beautiful Zuiko 100mm f2, which I bought new perhaps two years ago, seems
> >to have acquired an internal speck of dust. Or should I learn to live with
> >it?
> >
> Just live with it? NO! Honor it! It shows that you have been using it
> for that for which it was created. Focusing moves the lens itself in the
> mount, sucking air in and blowing it out. In the case of the 100/2,
> there is also movement of lens elements relative to each other, moving
> more air around. Dust is inevitable in a lens that is used. A lens
> without dust is a lens neglected.
>
> Besides, it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in the images from
> it. And if you have it removed, the only way to keep more from showing
> up is to keep it sealed up and unused. So you have two choices, worry
> about it, spoil your life, ruin your health and die an early, unhappy
> death. Or embrace it with joy, enjoy your life, be happy and healthy and
> die old and content, leaving a slightly dusty lens to you heirs.
>
> Your choice.
>
> Moose
>
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