Thanks to John and Moose for their advice. One more thing on my "to do" list
(as opposed to the "honey do" list, which is always there and much longer).
Martin
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From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:49 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Woo Hoo! was: Whoa....
Remove the 3 large screws, the mount should just lift off. You'd have to break
off the second plastic pin, remove spring, flatten pin area, drill 1.4mm hole,
insert appropriate coares thread metric screw with very flat head.
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On 2/25/2013 6:52 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
> I've been thinking about doing something to repair the lens.
> Everything I read on the archives said simply "remove the mount....",
> or something like that. I'm just wondering what else falls off/out/in
> when I undo the three screws. Does the mount just lift off, or is there a
> trick to it?
>
> Martin
>
> On 25/02/2013 6:39 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
>> The locking pin itself isn't plastic, it is metal. It's a spring
>> inside normally held down by a (now broken) plastic post. Safe to
>> use in an "emergency" test scenario, it just won't latch on the adapter
>> properly.
>>
>> ___________________________________
>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>
>> On 2/25/2013 5:28 PM, Moose wrote:
>>> On 2/25/2013 2:14 PM, Walters, Martin wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> The 135/3.5 tested out well on the E-1 (John Foster-Biofos).
>>>> Haven't tried mine because the dreaded plastic locking pin is
>>>> broken.
>>>
>>> Plastic locking pin on what? I need to know what to dread. :-)
>>>
>>>> I've tried the Pen F 150/4 which is actually quite sharp.
>>>
>>> Just cause they are old doesn't mean lenses aren't sharp. I posted
>>> here a while ago about how an 'ancient' 200/4 Nikkor bested both my
>>> 200/5 and 200/4 Zuikos, center and edge. Huge, heavy, probably
>>> flares more easily, but SHARP.
>>>
>>> Bated Breath Moose
>>>
>>
>
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