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    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 29 15:38:54 2022
    One of my Olympus bodies developed issues. Display would go black, AF ceased working, stabilization went haywire. I cleaned the lens/body contacts, did nothing. Then I noticed the lens was ever so slightly "tilty." Turns out, the four small screws
    holding the lens mount to the camera body had worked loose. 1/4 turn re-tightened them. I believe it might have come from carrying a 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens on the body, the weight of it jogged the screws loose.

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  • From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 31 07:17:51 2022
    On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:38:54 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    One of my Olympus bodies developed issues. Display would go black, AF ceased working, stabilization went haywire. I cleaned the lens/body contacts, did nothing. Then I noticed the lens was ever so slightly "tilty." Turns out, the four small screws
    holding the lens mount to the camera body had worked loose. 1/4 turn re-tightened them. I believe it might have come from carrying a 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens on the body, the weight of it jogged the screws loose.

    I had a similar problem with the flash attachment.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Peter Jason on Sun Oct 30 17:17:07 2022
    On Sunday, 30 October 2022 at 16:17:59 UTC-4, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:38:54 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    One of my Olympus bodies developed issues. Display would go black, AF ceased working, stabilization went haywire. I cleaned the lens/body contacts, did nothing. Then I noticed the lens was ever so slightly "tilty." Turns out, the four small screws
    holding the lens mount to the camera body had worked loose. 1/4 turn re-tightened them. I believe it might have come from carrying a 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens on the body, the weight of it jogged the screws loose.
    I had a similar problem with the flash attachment.

    There was also an issue (with some bodies) where the round strap eyelets (chrome plated brass) became loose or wore out. Both due to carrying large lenses. I much preferred slotted, integral strap holders like Pentax bodies had.

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  • From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 22:49:23 2022
    Am 30.10.2022 um 00:38 schrieb RichA:
    One of my Olympus bodies developed issues. Display would go black, AF ceased working, stabilization went haywire. I cleaned the lens/body contacts, did nothing. Then I noticed the lens was ever so slightly "tilty." Turns out, the four small screws
    holding the lens mount to the camera body had worked loose. 1/4 turn re-tightened them. I believe it might have come from carrying a 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens on the body, the weight of it jogged the screws loose.

    What Olympus model was it exactly?
    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Thu Nov 3 19:19:10 2022
    On Wednesday, 2 November 2022 at 17:49:30 UTC-4, Alfred Molon wrote:
    Am 30.10.2022 um 00:38 schrieb RichA:
    One of my Olympus bodies developed issues. Display would go black, AF ceased working, stabilization went haywire. I cleaned the lens/body contacts, did nothing. Then I noticed the lens was ever so slightly "tilty." Turns out, the four small screws
    holding the lens mount to the camera body had worked loose. 1/4 turn re-tightened them. I believe it might have come from carrying a 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens on the body, the weight of it jogged the screws loose.
    What Olympus model was it exactly?
    --
    Alfred Molon



    E-M1

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