If the mount is at all loose on the mount due to impact, then it might
not be depressing the button far enough to allow spot to work.
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Fabio Fiorellato 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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