I should think a couple drops of watery viscosity super glue would have
negligible effect on thickness and be more secure than epoxy.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Scary moment
> Sent: Sep 08 '08 09:49
>
>
> I disagree here, since it does not take much to alter the lens register -
> any epoxy between the mating surfaces of the adaptor parts will increase the
> lens register, and tend to reduce the furthest point to which the lens will
> focus. Of course, that assumes the adaptor permits the lens to focus at
> infinity but not beyond - which was not the case with at least one Chinese
> adaptor I have. This made use of an OM mount 8mm lens very tricky, so I put
> some shims between the mating surfaces of the adaptor. Problem solved.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Wayne Harridge
> Sent: 08 September 2008 01:19
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Scary moment
>
> > Johann Thorsson <johann@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Sounds like something epoxy will fix. Just take the screws out and dip
> > them in epoxy and fasten again.
>
> --snip
>
> It's probably worth putting some epoxy on the mating surfaces of the adapter
> too, 3 x 1mm screws doesn't offer a lot of strength even if they're held in
> the thread by epoxy.
>
> ...Wayne
>
> --snip
>
>
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