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Author Message   Michael_linn Tinkerer Username: Michael_linn Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 10:51 pm:    Vivitar had a number of subcontractors in Japan who made their lenses. For starters, I would recommend that you try the lens out on another manual focus Minolta. If you get the same result, I would recommend that you just move on. Servicing a zoom lens of this vintage is a challenge without a lot of experience and written instructions. This repair would not be my recommendation for your first project.