Hi Bart,
I supposed the camera would survive even worse accidents (some list member
should recall the 'crash test' performed by a Dutch camera magazine on a
4-Ti including some of the worst thing a camera should ever experience
during its life) and it did.
As far as the reset pin on the bayonet mount is concerned, it works fine
with all the Zuiko lenses (and some other lenses, adaptall-2 excluded) as
they will allow the spot and multi-spot metering without flaws.
The epoxy on the adaptall-2 is OK, and I can't see any other bends on it
suggesting that the reset-pin doesn't get actuated... That's why this
behaviour sounds really strange to me!
Thanks for your prompt answer, anyhow! :)
Fabio
PS: for whom shall be interested, this is the link for the 'crash test'
report
[ http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/crash-test.txt ]
Enjoy the read (I can't hold a chill on my spine everytime I read it! :)
On Nov 30, 2007 10:16 AM, Bart Wientjes <bartjew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Fabio,
>
> That is some luck that the camera seems to have survived the fall! It
> could have been much worse.
>
> Can it be that the reset pin on the bayonet mount doesn't get actuated
> properly by the adaptall mount? I seem to recall that having that
> button not properly impressed prevents the SPOT (and some other
> buttons) action to work.
> Perhaps try the spot button with no lens mounted at all, and then try
> it while pressing the reset button with your finger. If that makes a
> difference you might need to re-apply the epoxy.
>
> Good luck!
> Bart
>
>
> On 11/30/07, Fabio Fiorellato <flowerside@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Good morning list,
> >
> > I'm just experiencing a rather 'strange' problem regarding my OM-4Ti and
> a
> > Tamron 35-105 f/2.8 connected to it through an epoxy-ed adaptall-2 (in
> order
> > not to cut the lens-connection pin on the camera mount).
> >
> > Recently camera + lens fell out of a not-so-high shelf with my great
> > disappointment: soon afterwards I tried to take some pictures with the
> > camera and noticed that the SPOT button won't work at all. At first I
> > thought that the fall had produced what I think is the greatest
> nightmare
> > for us still dealing with out-of-production cameras: a circuit break.
> >
> > I soon had relief when I noticed that with the other Zuiko glasses
> > everything still worked as it was supposed to be, although mounting and
> > unmounting such lenses is a little harder, but not that much.
> Conversely,
> > the adaptall-2 with lens attached doesn't stay in place: it still holds
> > securely the lens, but I can manage to remove it without pressing the
> usual
> > 'unlock' button.
> >
> > I carefully checked the adapter and lens mount but - apart from a minor
> > bending on the adapter, where the DOF preview lever is - nothing seems
> > strange. No evidence of a malfunctioning or of a mount break whatsoever.
> >
> > Still had no chance to let the combo work as before: unfortunately I
> only
> > have one adaptall mount to check with. And changing the Tamron lens with
> > another one still produced the same results.
> >
> > Any of you gurus have an idea of what's happening and why?
> >
> > Of course I'll end up buying another adaptall-2 mount, but this
> situation is
> > puzzling me.
> >
> > The only good news is that the 35-105 does now (somewhat magickally! :)
> hold
> > the focus while zooming, as this was not the case before (maybe as a
> > consequence of another fall). The zoom creep has instead worsened, but
> this
> > is not a major concern.
> >
> > Ok, that's all.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you'll provide me!
> >
> > Regards from Rome
> >
> > Fabio
> >
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