Ouch! (about that 250/2.0). You didn't happen to recently sell this
guy's
dud 250/2.0 for him on your website now, did you? ;-)
[only kidding, your reputation is beyond reproach]
On 10 Nov 2009, at 5:52 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> Ouch. I'm happy to say that all the 300s I've come in contact with
> have
> not been glued. Perhaps the ones I say at Olympus trying the patience
> of the techs were an anomaly. Speaking of lens defects....that
> reminds
> me that about a month ago, a customer in Norway sent me his 250 f2 due
> to sticky focus ring and poor focus issues. I put the lens on my test
> OM-2 and tried to focus out the back window. Focusing wide open on a
> reasonably flat plane (a row of flat bushes) only a central circle was
> sharp. The worlds most expensive "lens baby" ? The only defect I
> can
> come up with is that it has a separated element which makes the lens
> "beyond repair" (no parts available, and the elements were super
> expensive when they were available).
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