Camera may have had some serious impact casuing the mounting lug to crack &
break off. Only solution is a longer screw to get past the missing metal
(or replace the body).
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Biggs <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: [OM] Broken lens mount on OM2n. Fixable?
>
> Hi all,
> I have an OM-2n with the top screw on the lens mount missing
> (the screw that goes in under the M in OLYMPUS).
>
> The three lens mount screws appear to thread into small plates
> under the mount ring. The plate under the missing screw is only half
> there---looks like it cracked in half and the right half fell out. Is
> this a fixable flaw, or is the missing part part of the cast bodywork?
>
> When fitting a longish lens (eg 75-150/4) to the body, the lens droops
> very slightly--obviously I can't use this body with any longer lenses.
>
> BTW, my OM-1 seems to have a crack in the same part. Luser owners
> overtightening screws perhaps, or common weak point?
>
> Grateful for any advice,
> Chris.
>
> p.s. Finally got motivated to ask about this after my most recent cat
> (Lord Kelvin, a rescued "dumpee" from last Christmas) stretched out in
> a sunbeam and was ever so gratuitously cute. Several frames later it
> occured to me "I must get the OM2 fixed!".
>
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