Jim:
Now I am really confused! I have two used Shoe 4 units. The Shoe 4 that I
had been looking at did not have any pads. I looked at the other one and it
did. Both have identical cracks.
Looking at the one with the pads, I would think that sanding them off might
be just enough to "widen" the angle so that it would not crack. If that is
the case though, why is the one without the pads cracked.
I looked at a new one I have and it has the pads. The pads appear to be part
of the casting and not an add-on rubber item.
Thus my further confusion .. why one with pads and why one without. Were
there two different models? Could someone have filed off the pads, thinking
as I have been, that this would prevent cracking?
And here I thought that after I retired, all my problems would be gone ;-)
Norm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Shoe 4
> on 4/15/02 6:44 AM, Norm Nadel at ns.nadel@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Subject: Cracks on Shoe 4
> >
> > It seems obvious why the cracks occur. Was this a goof in the design by
> > Olympus or did they make the angle of the shoe legs a bit too narrow to
get
> > a secure fit?
>
> I think you're right about that... there is a slight mis-match in the
> included angle of the shoe and the angle of the pentaprism cover metal.
This
> may have been engineered to insure a 'snug-looking' fit.
> >
> > Has anyone filed down the inner surface of the sides slightly to prevent
the
> > cracking?
>
> There are little rubber pads inside there... do you mean to remove the
> rubber pads, file, then reinstall the pads? That might work, kind of like
> the 'hand-fitted' parts alleged to be used by Leica in the past.
> >
> > I plan on leaving mine a bit loose unless I want to insert a flash. At
that
> > time I will tighten it down.
>
> Only problem I see here is if its a little loose will it get looser and
drop
> off sometime, maybe without notice until its too late to recover it. Those
> things are not as inexpensive as they should be anymore.
> >
> > I suspect that this has been discussed numerous times. Can any one point
me
> > to the thread or, if none available, give me your comments or
suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> You're welcome.
> >
> > Norm
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
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>
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