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Lens removal

Started Sep 30, 2018 | Discussions thread
JakeJY Veteran Member • Posts: 5,442
Re: Lens removal

kentek314 wrote:

I had issues with lens from day one. first time I used it it fell off as I had not rotated quite enough.

I had issues removing some time ago but it finally released.

This time it is like it was welded to mount. I think the pins are bent.

I have another gx7 body that is parts only. I will examine to see the possible solution.

As lens works really well, i will just leave it until I can afford to have it professionally removed.

Removing may require cutting into lens to release pins. As it is a really cheap lens no big loss.

Thanks for your assistance.

Thanks for the update. If it had issues the entire time, then it's definitely the lens. I see in Amazon reviews, someone had same issue (but was mounted to G7). Better to sacrifice the lens than the body, but good to hear at least you have a spare parts camera if anything goes wrong.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R33ZEDUK8RHQ3Z/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B073F52N4W

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