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[OM] Re: FS 8mm OM-mount fisheye

Subject: [OM] Re: FS 8mm OM-mount fisheye
From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:32:20 +1000
Is this the same problem that occurs with the rear element of the 60-200mm zoom 
?

Anyway, the bottom line, buy the Sigma !

...Wayne


> Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> If it's the Zuiko you want, Dawid, take care, take great care.  You 
> might
> think that the front element is the delicate part - it might be 
> vulnerable,
> but it can be replaced.  It's the rearmost element that is the problem,
> because there are *no* replacement available, to the best of my 
> knowledge,
> *anywhere*.  I do know of a European OMrepait agent who sent a
> newly-supplied spare back to Olympus a couple of years ago, complaining 
> that
> the coating was damaged.  The duly accepted it back, inspected the 
> others,
> and threw the lot away - all unfit for sale.  Then they announced there 
> were
> no more to be had. Masterful timing.  As the agent said to me, "If I had
> known, I would have taken them all to have them polished and re-coated, 
> as I
> did for the customer who brought the lens in for repair".
> 
> I think Ian Wilcox here has a similar, though more personal tale of woe.
> 
> --
> Piers 
>            

Wayne Harridge

http://lrh.structuregraphs.com

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