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Milou
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looking for a non functionnal Olympus SZH body

#1 Post by Milou » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:31 am

Hello,

If anybody has an Olympus SZH body (or even a szh-10 one!) with damage to the zoom mechanism or any ohter mechanical part and therefore unusable, I would be interested to get if at least the 2 bottom lenses are clean :wink:
In fact, only this black metal plate with 2 lenses (just above objective) would be useful for me, in order to replace mine with 2 damaged lenses (see pictures).....
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cleaning them with various chemicals (also for fungus) didn't change anything. i think their coating is damaged.......
But the SZH objective with is below these lenses is in very good condition. Only these 2 bottom lenses are damaged in this body!

Thank you for your help
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#2 Post by Hobbyst46 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:30 am

With which chemicals did you try to clean them ?

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Re: looking for a non functionnal Olympus SZH body

#3 Post by Milou » Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:24 pm

alcohol - ether, alcohol isopropylic, F petrol and also for fungus : ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.....
No result after that!

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#4 Post by deBult » Thu Dec 02, 2021 4:59 pm

I you consider them “total loss” try polishing them with Brasso copper polish and an old cotton Tx-shirt.
Will remove any coating so a bit loss of contrast, but reasonable chance you are able to get the thing working again.

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Re: looking for a non functionnal Olympus SZH body

#5 Post by zzffnn » Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:44 pm

Milou wrote:
Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:24 pm
alcohol - ether, alcohol isopropylic, F petrol and also for fungus : ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.....
No result after that!
Those solvents that you used are not strong. Try xylene first.

If xylene does not work (which indicates the residues on the lenses may be solidified metal fume), try polishing with very fine polishing grit or tootch paste.

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Re: looking for a non functionnal Olympus SZH body

#6 Post by Milou » Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:43 pm

Ok I'll also try xylene first ...

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#7 Post by Milou » Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:42 pm

Hello,
No better reslut with xylen then with the other solvents.......

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#8 Post by Sabatini » Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:28 pm


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#9 Post by Scarodactyl » Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:38 pm

Attempting to repolish the lenses is likely to be a nightmare all its own imo.

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#10 Post by dtsh » Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:54 pm

Scarodactyl wrote:
Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:38 pm
Attempting to repolish the lenses is likely to be a nightmare all its own imo.
I'm with sabatini on this one, a bit of pitch on a stick, some cerium oxide, and a little time. The trick is to keep the lap moving in random motions and to rotate the lens to avoid polishing zones into it. Any coating will be lost and either need to be reapplied of accepted without.
I've polished minor flaws out of telescope mirrors and a couple of leses. It doesn't always work out, but if the lens is a total loss anyhow there's not much to lose. I've also ground major dings out of two mirrors, but at that point you're really just grinding a new mirror with a pre-formed blank.

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#11 Post by Milou » Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:04 am

Thank's for your comments and idea to polish these lenses...
Perhaps i'll try just to see....

But the very strange thing is observation through this SZH binocular is not bad at all, as we could think regarding bottom lenses condition!

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#12 Post by Scarodactyl » Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:23 am

Milou wrote:
Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:04 am
Thank's for your comments and idea to polish these lenses...
Perhaps i'll try just to see....

But the very strange thing is observation through this SZH binocular is not bad at all, as we could think regarding bottom lenses condition!
This might be a promising item.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Olympus-SZH-Mi ... 4004452672
Not bad as far as szh bodies go, though the bottom lenses aren't shown.

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#13 Post by Milou » Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:41 pm

Thank you scarodactyl for this interesting item offer.
Let's see how high it will go :-)
But if ever I can buy it at a good price, I would have to find somebody in US to send it to Europe, as this seller doesn't ship there!

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#14 Post by PeteM » Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:53 pm

It's a fixed price ($189 US) - it won't go any higher. If you find the price acceptable, you might send an eBay message to the seller asking if he will ship to you -- and perhaps providing information to make that process easy -- and then offer to pay just a bit more than actual shipping cost to make it worth their while? I'd guess it would end up around $250 US, which isn't a bad price. You would want to be sure the bottom lenses are OK - ask for a picture.

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#15 Post by Milou » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:46 pm

Received answer of the seller: no shipping to France !
And no lenses pictures neither... just: "good condition" !

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#16 Post by Milou » Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:39 am

hello,
Looking for somebody living in US who would agree to buy this item and send it to France (as seller doesn't ship to Europe...)?
Therefore I would send money to him before he buy item!

Thank's for help

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#17 Post by Scarodactyl » Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:42 pm

The linked one sold on the 7th, but if that wasn't to you/your representative I can keep an eye out and pick up the next cheap one I see.

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Re: looking for a non functionnal Olympus SZH body

#18 Post by Milou » Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:22 am

Thank you very much Scarodactyl.
Yes indeed I was late to answer as internet was cut in my village during more than a week.....
Furthermore I didn't get any answer of some body in US willing to help for buying this item
What a shame as it was rather cheap...

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