I have not seen a 50-250 in a while. There may be lose screws under the
rear mount which hold barrels together.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
631-424-2121 | omtech@xxxxxxxxx
www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: [OM] Problem with 50-250mm f5 - need help
>
> I recently sold my 50-250mm/f5 to a non-list member (no one here wanted it
> :-((
> There is apparently a problem with the lens. I can't seem to understand
> the
> buyer's description of the problem, so I'm hoping some 50-250mm
> owners/repair techs out there might be able to help me to identify the
> problem and the
> likely fix. Here is the problem as it was described to me:
>
> Imagine you afffix the camera body to the lens so neither move in any
> way.
> It is completely rigid. If you put your hand on the outboard end of the
> lens, (whether all the way in or all the way out) and pull up and then
> let go
> the end of the lens will move up and down about 3/16 of an inch. The
> play is
> located between the barrel containing the f stop setting and the barrel
> that
> has the white main focal distance reference mark.
>
> Any help would be _greatly_ appreciated!
> Thanks
> --PatrickJ
>
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