It seemed to tighten the "vertical axis" by which I mean
the one that causes the lens to creep down when shooting
verticals. I don't think people much care about some
looseness on the horizontal axis because the lens is pretty
stable just with gravity doing its thing.
Did I just get lucky?
Joel W.
Quoting PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service
<olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> The screw you can get to tightens only one axis.
> Unfortunately, adjusting
> the other axis requires some rather risky disassembly.
> The mount has to be
> removed, then the plate that keeps the whole mess from
> sliding apart, too.
> If you're very careful and know exactly what to do, you
> can get to the
> hidden adjustment without part flying, but I'm not going
> to even try to
> describe the process -- it's something best seen to
> understand.
>
> > > Slide the lens to each extreme and a screw can be
> found -
> > > not sure if these
> > > are the right screws but it would be easy to try to
> > > tighten them.
> > >
> > > -jeff
> >
> > Right. Sometimes there is a hole in the middle of the
> felt
> > pad through which the screw can be accessed with a
> very
> > smaller slot screwdriver, but in my case, I had to peel
> the
> > pad away to get to it (which makes you feel like a very
> bad
> > person). The pad goes back into place OK.
> >
> > The adjustments in question need to be very slight.
> Tighten
> > just enough to provide resistance to the shift creep.
> > Could be as little as a 1/16 of a turn!
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
>
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