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That looks very much like our Southsea beach and the Pompey gulls aren't fussy whos chips they eat.
HEADS-UP ALERT ON OLYMPUS MOUNTS :
In short, the 4 tiny screws retaining the metal mount on the camera side with electronic contacts can become loose for no obvious reason.
To put my case of this happening in context, it happened to my Olympus Pro MC-14 Teleconverter while mounted on an ED 300mm F/4 Pro on an E-M1X and I discovered it when I noticed looseness on the body to the extent of slight movement - 3 of the 4 screws were half out! Captured images were very unexpectedly not affected probably because of how both my hands support the combo when shooting.
As many of you already know (but cannot be expected to remember!) I shoot with two identical M1X bodies, one usually/mostly with the MC-14 + 300mm combo and the other body with the MC-20 + 40-150mm (Olympus Pro) combo. I rarely shoot the 300mm without the MC-14 because for wildlife it suits me extremely well, especially if I have my Olympus-Canon Macro rig on the second M1X body ready for action. As an aside, I recently discovered that wildlife professional and Olympus Visionary Brooke Bartleson regularly shoots with the same lens+MC combos.
In the field I don't use a camera body strap (except on my handheld macro rig) but for hands-free I suspend my 300mm + M1X by an Acratech Arca-Swiss clamp onto the lens foot, via a Peak Design strap across my chest but unclamp when shooting for more freedom of movement. When shooting handheld I always support the rig with the lens foot in my left hand. I shoot a lot with this lens combo, probably about 500 shots a week on average and at home the combo lives on a gimbal pod in my open window 'kitchen hide' overlooking my wildlife garden.
I use but don't abuse my camera gear. It is a very serious hobby, usually practised daily.
So, some research on the hyperinterwebbynet has thrown up the fact that this loose screw mount issue is not that uncommon :
Loose screws Olympus 14-150II from small plane vibrations: Micro Four Thirds Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
Expert news, reviews and videos of the latest digital cameras, lenses, accessories, and phones. Get answers to your questions in our photography forums.www.dpreview.com
Unlike someone has reported doing in that dpreview thread, I will NOT be using any superglue to keep the screws tight !!! < What if one day a repairer needs access to the internals!? Duh!!
I recommend checking all your mount screws, especially if you shoot with heavier Olympus guns.
Why not use threadlocker, something like Loctite Blue?
That ensures they stay done up, but can be disassembled using using hand tools
Thanks Jeff, I'm definitely improving.Your really mastering that gear now Steve
thats the European repair centre ALL olympus repairs go there !!! they are usually very good and the turn round time is very quick usually about 10 days from sending to return and it will come back like newMy Gast is Flabbered
I bought an Olympus 300mm f4 from Panamoz and the rear collar fell off.
because it was not bought in the UK it is not covered by a UK warranty - lucky for me Panamoz paid for the £206 Oloympus want to fix it.
So off it goes to Olympus to be fixed. it seemed to take ages to get to the repair centre and after phoning Olympus today I now know why.
So are you still with me?
It is on its way back from the Olympus repair centre in
Origin Service Area: LISBON - TORRE DE VILELA - PORTUGAL
My Gast is Flabbered
I bought an Olympus 300mm f4 from Panamoz and the rear collar fell off.
because it was not bought in the UK it is not covered by a UK warranty - lucky for me Panamoz paid for the £206 Oloympus want to fix it.
So off it goes to Olympus to be fixed. it seemed to take ages to get to the repair centre and after phoning Olympus today I now know why.
So are you still with me?
It is on its way back from the Olympus repair centre in
Origin Service Area: LISBON - TORRE DE VILELA - PORTUGAL
The fact that Olympus are accepting it for repair infers a failure........but what is the rear collar???
If you mean the tripod collar......well that is supposed to be user removable but I surmise you know that
Do you mean the lens' lens mount bayonet "ring"???
Whatever it is that has failed, hopefully back soon as possible
The Bit where the red alingnment dot goes - looks like the red dot is also a retaining pin, but it fell out and was loose when I tried it back in the hole,
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Beautifully done Jeff.
your going to love the lenses it’s obviously a bit slower than a MFT one but your talking milliseconds and as sharp as occams razor ..it also works extremely well with a EC14 tc ,they do come up at times and give a native 283mm focal length with no difference in focus speed or sharpnessWell I've joined the Olympus 50-200mm club today, the lens arrived at lunchtime and externally, looks as if it has been scarcely used. It's the SWM version which focused quite respectably on my EM1.1, coupled with the MMF-3 purchased sometime ago. I look forward to testing it out as soon as possible.
I see Olympus made a case for this lens (LSH-1220). Can anybody offer an opinion on this case?
Thats a beaut, Jeff
currently debating lenses and choices with a couple of forthcoming holidays (covid permitting) I have available at the moment a PL100-400 , a Olympus 50-200SWD +adaptor +1.4 tc good rig but heavy-ish , a 45mm f1.8 mft, those do 75% of my needs in various combos with two bodies , but obviously lacking at the wide angle end .
dont want to spend loads on something that will get extremely little use i.e the 45 mm has been used once so at the moment I'm looking at a 12-50 f3.5 . . was also looking at the 12-40 pancake but they appear to have problems ,seen a lot spares or repairs .
any other suggestions want to keep size and weight down for flying
12 - 45 mm f4 zoom?