This is not how a well-engineered plastic or hybrid frame would work. The Capture clip with those lenses is a pretty light load - I've certainly had more on other plastic bodies. If Oly didn't wrap the tripod socket in a big hunk of gfrp or a metal subframe, they're just fools.
I hope this is a fluke because I was happy about the switch to plastic and planned to get one. I'll be watching this closely.
Can you peek inside and see how the socket is anchored?
I can't see much right now and am not quite ready to pry it further open. I can tell you that the entire tripod attachment mount is loose and rotating with the broken plastic. So that tells me that it is simply screwed down to the small amount of plastic immediately surrounding it. I did somewhat assume that the mount would be more anchored to some sort of subframe or more plastic parts of the interior, not just the plastic base. But that is obviously incorrect.
As I won't be back in the USA for a few months, I may get tired enough of waiting around to actually unscrew the bottom plate and see for myself. I have to assume that this won't be covered under warranty anyway, and hopefully it may be as easy as buying a new bottom plate. Although the bottom plate contains the serial number, so that could mean it won't be that simple.
I should have said that the reason I posted was more as a warning to other owners. I know I took a risk by mounting it with the PD clip, and this time I lost. Will be switching to something that can handle being used like this as it is my standard usage scenario.
