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Re: [OM] New member alert! Cool it!!-Now dusty lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] New member alert! Cool it!!-Now dusty lenses
From: "Tom Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:06:46 -0400
Just leave it alone. You're crazy anyway, clinging to this OM thing....

Crasy tOM

On Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 15:57, NSURIT@xxxxxxx 
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] New member alert!  Cool it!!-Now dusty l" saying:

> In a message dated 10/22/02 2:31:27 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> hiwayman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> 
> > Yesterday I received the catch from my last fishing expedition in the
> > Bay, a Tamron 80~200/2.8 in very good condition -- perfect glass. 
> > It's a bit dusty on the inside
> 
> I also got a recent ebay acquisition in the mail yesterday.  It is the
> Tamron SP 400mm f 4 and as with yours had a little debris on the inside.
>  It would probably be just fine without a cleaning, however the speck or
> two on the inside of this beautiful lens will make me crazy.  I've tried
> to talk to Tamron's service people in the past and their usual response
> for a ball park idea of what a CLA would cost is: send it in and we will
> give you an estimate.  I understand why they might say that, however I
> don't see any harm in them saying it could be anywhere from $200 to
> $1000.  So the question is, does anyone have a suggestions on who to
> have work on some of these big Tamron lenses?  Bill Barber 
> 


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