Hi Mike,
I have used my Takumar 200/4 on the repaired adapter, but I try to hold it
carefully so as not to put too much bending moment on the adapter. Most of
my use is with lighter lenses.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Mike Lazzari" <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "1" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus OM Series adapters
> >
>> Mike,
>>
>> Those adapters can be salvaged by placing a few drops of superglue
>> between
>> the two surfaces, and then replacing the screws.
>>
> Well, the screws are somewhere in the sand dune :( so I used my weapon
> of choice JB Weld. So far so good. Not going to hang any long lenses off
> it though. A note: since JB Weld is thick I clamped the adapter in a
> vice so as not to increase the o.a. thickness. Turns out it wasn't a
> problem. Even after the glue up the jinfinance adapter mic'ed 0.1mm
> under the cowy07 adapter. The cowy07 adapter focuses to oo no problem.
>
> Mike
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