I have a couple with -5 diopters and a customer was asking if I could
take the diopter out for her. I was hoping to do it and save the
diopter. The hope is to pop one open and not break anything. It is
probably glued, I don't think Olympus would resort to plastic welding.
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21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Daniel Sepke wrote:
> John,
>
> I have done this, but it was at the destructive cost of the glass ;) . But
> seriously I just laid the eyecup on a hard wood surface and tapped a center
> punch with a hammer to fracture the glass in a couple of places allowing me
> to remove it. Obviously I was very careful to clean the remaining parts of
> the eyecup to ensure there was no glass left.
>
> At first I did try and disassemble it but I suspect it is glued together
> rather than snap together in construction.
>
> Dan.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hermanson
> Subject: Re: [OM] Eyecup 2
>
> Has anyone here tried breaking open an Eyecup 2 to remove the diopter?
> I'd like to hear about it.
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> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
> Olympus OM Service since 1977
> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
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