Sorry, can't help you on that one, as all my stuff is Olympus.

Unfortunately being an older model, unless it has sentimental value, it's probably not cost effective to have it repaired commercially. Luton Cameras seem to have a good reputation from what I've heard.

Are you sure the gold pins are clean? They should be self cleaning, since they are a wiping contact, but it's not unknown for there to be issues. IPA or a soft pencil eraser seems to be the order of the day.

Personally I think I'd be out with the watchmakers screwdriver.

Michael, yes the button on the Oly has the same effect.

It needs the contact behind it to ensure that the lens is sitting correctly on the contacts to initialise the handshaking betwixt lens and body.

I think I'd just take the ring off carefully and have a squint behind it.

Michael I've sent you a PM Worth a try

Roy

There can be several things to look at on any camera that uses electronic lens contacts.

A loose bayonet fit. Can be either side and sometimes possible to bend something with care to improve the fit.

Bodies can vary a bit and if things are marginal a lens may work on one but not the other. Teasing the lens contacts out a touch may help. Bit tough on M 4/3 as there are a lot of them. I can't see the problem being the spring loaded body pins unless one is a bit stuck for some reason.

Not so sure about cleaning with IPA. It generally leaves an oily residue. Of late when optics are in need of a really good clean I have been impressed with how well those micro fibre cleaning cloths work. I've used them following IPA and they do get the residue off but do need some pressure. I don't intend to use them on camera and telescope optics unless a very real need but can't see them harming contacts.

My Olympus's don't throw a wobbly when I press the lens release button. Just tried it to be sure. All I ever get on some lenses is the open it message and if I try something strange with adapters the camera gets ratty. It's oh so easy for them to check that all pins are connected to what they expect to find.

We'll all have to wonder about Roy's solution. I always wonder why.

John

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Genuine third party recommendations are fine.

If you were offering a personal service a pm would be more appropriate.

Neil

Might a dental mirror help?

Michael, The Oly menu system is rather different to the Panasonic.

For one thing, there is no "shoot without lens" option.

For a purely manual lens, you just set the focus to Manual, and exposure to AP or Manual. In Body IS can be manually set according to the focal length of the lens.

On an m4/3 body with an m4/3s lens, depressing the lens release button on the body kills communication with the lens;

the aperture shows as -.-

the focal length goes to —

the EVF goes black, and the shutter release doesn't trip.

On a 4/3 body with a 4/3 lens pressing the lens release button kills the aperture display again; It doesn't focus either, but the shutter does trip, though the lens does stop down.

A manual lens, such as an 8mm Peleng, works fine on either m4/3 or 4/3 cameras, with the appropriate adaptor, and operates in MF, with either AP or Manual metering modes.

Neither throws a wobbly as such, but neither does it work correctly.

You don't get a warning message as such, the giveaway for the location pin not being quite home is the lack of aperture information in the Viewfinder/Monitor/LCD

Regarding whether the lens will Auto or Manual Focus with the release button depressed. AF doesn't work. Manual depends on the lens, some are purely fly by wire, in which case they won't MF, some have a clutch, in which case they will.

There's much more to it when you start interspersing extension tubes or teleconverters.

Edited By peak4 on 31/05/2016 21:40:39