E-M5 tripod socket damage

Started 6 months ago | Discussion thread
Raven15
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Re: Looks like a too-long tripod bolt or over-tightening
In reply to gnewsch, 6 months ago

gnewsch wrote:

It'd be interesting to see the missing thread bit that came off. Is it just a threaded tube, much like a helicoil, or is it more like a threaded capsule, with a bottom on it. Because if the later is true, bottoming out would not result in a pushing out of the thread from the case, but it would still be possible to twist it loose, if you know what I mean.

It was a threaded capsule with a bottom. Not a threaded tube. So probably over-tightening was the final culprit, though the process may have started earlier by some other method. Really, I hadn't realized tripod mounts were such delicate things, or I would have started with a QR plate.

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