That's great, thanks.A good place to ask would be the Olympus mailing list. Info on joining can be found at www.zuikoholic.com
Thanks for the suggestion, but his prices are more than the lenses are worth (especially if I add postage from the UK).Best to just send them to john at www.zuiko.com and have them done by the best around.
Both the 100 and the 135 have got slightly cloudy patches behind the front element (I got them both recently, 2nd hand from different people, so it's not caused by me storing them badly or anything like that). I don't have any results developed yet, so I don't know if the image is affected. The 50 (another 2nd hand one, it came with a camera) is very dirty with lots of dust and fungus spots on the elements, so I thought that one would be a good one to try cleaning first as practice, seeing as it's worthless anyway.What's the problem with them?
Oh yes, so it has - I hadn't noticed those slots. I think I might actually invest in a spanner wrench (I've also got some old cameras and lenses that would benefit from cleaning, so one would probably be worth having).Cloudy patches. Remove the front element. The decorator ring with the lens info will unscrew. It has spanner slots on it 180 degrees apart.
Hmm, yes, that's a good point, spanners do seem to be a bit pricey. Maybe I'll dig out some old pliers and the grinding wheelThe nice thing about using pliers that are ground down is cost. A good spanner can be $50 or more. Old pliers---Priceless.
Those suggestions make a lot of sense, thanks. But I actually already have two more 50mm lenses, a newish 1.8 and a 1.4 silvernose (I like the silvernose a lot - I get nice tonality with b&w with it), so my only reason for wanting to clean the dirty one is really just to practice before I attempt any important lenses.For the 50/1.8, you're right that it's probably not worth paying to fix. If you want to make an attempt on your own that's fine, you might also want to ask on the Olympus mailing list, odds are good that you can find somebody in the UK (there's a lot of UK subscribers) with a spare 50/1.8 they could let go of for a reasonable price. Or, you might want to step up to the 50/1.4. Depending on the characteristics and age of your 50/1.8 (there were several versions). That's what I did when my 1.8 died and I couldn't believe the difference. I think my 1.8 was an earlier version (don't remember the serial #) and I know my 1.4 is a later version (but probably not last), I swear I could shave with the thing it's so sharp!
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