OM lens to M4/3 adapter isn't working

[Smeghead]

OK, so I just got my OM lens to M4/3 adapter today. I put it on...and it doesn't even work properly!

This is my lens. It's a 50mm f/1.8 Zuiko OM lens. You can clearly see it's an OM mount there in the pic.

The top pic is the lens, and the bottom is the adapter. I assume the little sticky out thing on the lens is supposed to line up with that hole on the adapter.

But when I line up the red dots on the mounts and try and lock it, they're no where near each other!

And the aperture stopper tab is no way near the little aperture blade release thing either.

Can someone explain what is going on? Have I messed up? Did I buy the wrong adapter? I thought maybe they put the metal mount on the adapter on the wrong position, so I unscrewed it and tried rotating it, but none of them worked.

 

[AJQS]

Nope that looks right, same as mine. Looks like you have a tight fit and it's not actually locking though, just jamming. Send it back, get another or sand it lightly on some fine emery paper.

 

[Smeghead]

Thanks for the info. Yeah, turns out it was too tight. I unscrewed the metal mount on the adapter, used a file on the underside of it, and eventually after assembling it all, the lens snapped in place. I think I overdid it a tiny bit, as the lens is a little loose and moves a tiny tiny little bit when I rotate the focus ring, but it's virtually undetectable.

 

[AJQS]

Thanks for the info. Yeah, turns out it was too tight. I unscrewed the metal mount on the adapter, used a file on the underside of it, and eventually after assembling it all, the lens snapped in place. I think I overdid it a tiny bit, as the lens is a little loose and moves a tiny tiny little bit when I rotate the focus ring, but it's virtually undetectable.

Good good, the quality does vary with these things, mine has a light leak:thumbsdown: (only visible on long exposures though). The mounting face was poorly machined too, so I sanded it down with some very fine emery paper ona flat surface, it's just nice now.