You probably knew better than to keep socking down on the tripod
socket after it had already shown that it had been damaged so we
won't go there.
Did you drop or knock over the tripod with the camera on it? I use
my S602 with an old handle mount flash which does put more stress
on the camera than putting it on a tripod and have no problem with
the socket starting to pull out as of yet. Jkirk can probably tell
you better and doing a search for his instruction page on how to
repair the S602 will give you the information you need to know on
how to do this repair.
The socket is a metal insert behind the plastic cover when you say
it snapped in half do you mean the plastic around and over the
socket or the metal part itself?
Do you transport the camera while it is still on the tripod? Sling
the whole affair over your shoulder? Stow it in the car as a unit
instead of breaking it down? This can put a great deal of stress
on the socket and cause it to fail also.
Is the head of your tripod flat or is it bent/bowl shaped? If it
is distorted it can act like a gear puller creating extraordinary
stress and usually the camera is what will suffer.
Where are the screws that are located around the socket? Are they
missing also?
Whatever route you take to fix it you should consider what lead up
to this. A quick release plate will help prevent the threads from
getting stripped but will not protect the camera from rough
handling or a poorly designed/damaged tripod.
NeilV
The threaded receptacle on the bottom of the camera began pulling
out of the camera after a year or so's time. I put off ordering a
quick release mounting plate which could have stopped the problem
from getting worse. It snapped in half last week and I am torn
between fixing it myself or sending it in to Fuji to fix.
Has this happened to anyone else? What are my options?
lost without a tripod,
--
Rusty Halverson
Corona CA
