Bet you can guess which axis needs the adjustment :-(
The accessible screws do seem to tighten the "vertical" axis when the camera
is oriented in landscape mode, which works fine. However, when you turn it
through 90 deg. to portrait mode - which you need for tall buildings, for
example - the wretched thing won't stay in place. Looks like I will have to
get it serviced - don't fancy taking it apart myself. In the meantime it's
back to the elastic band...
Thanks for the advice.
Martyn S.
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
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Sent: 10 November 2004 16:57
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: 35mm Shift Lens Question
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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