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Posted: Fri Feb 21st, 2020 17:13

Joined:	Fri Feb 8th, 2019
Location:	Leigh On Sea, Essex , United Kingdom
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The helicoid grease turned up today and the lens has been scrubbed spotless and regreased - a lot of the friction was coming not from the helicoids but from where the front assembly is mounted, 2 parts rotate against each other with a couple of brass shims in between. Cleaning and greasing them has made all the difference.

Not exactly super easy to turn but much better, butter out of the fridge!

I have also acquired a 2x macro teleconverter and its action is similar, so I have obviously been spoilt by almost frictionless AF lenses!

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