[LRflex] Re: 75-200

Hi Douglas!

Home remedies? This lens needs surgery! :-)))
The "doc" said it should be cured by the next week. Will report back.

Cheers,
Miha

2009/5/28 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>

> I read somewhere that you can soften up the lubricants by wrapping a lens
> in a warm towel for a while - I'm not sure whether this works - anyone else
> with any experience in this direction?
>
> On the other hand, I had the opposite issue with a Tamron zoom that got
> stiffer through expansion in hot weather.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
>
> wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Miha Golobic wrote:
>>
>>  I suspect it hasn't been used at all! I have been exercising the lens,
>> but
>> my hand started to hurt (I'm not kidding) It has smooth focus when set to
>> 200, but very stiff at 75mm, and the zooming from 75 to 200mm is very
>> stiff
>> (and uneven) too, especially when the distance is set to about 5m, less
>> whet
>> at infinity.
>> <<<
>>
>> Probably a stiff lubricant from age and lack of use.  The zooming will
>> never be as smooth as the 80-200 f/4 but it should be easy to move.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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