While disconnecting a lens from my Olympus OM1 camera, a rectangular shaped piece of plasic fell out of the camera. The plastic piece is a foggy looking material and the center has a small clear lens like surface. The plastic piece is about 3/4" by 1-1/4" in size. What fell out and where does it go?

Cost to much to replace it, Time for a new camera, TC

did you try a different lens if you did send your camera in for repair . the lens gets damaged easy

If this is a new camera, it should still be under warranty. I suggest you contact Nikon before doing anything else to determine if the repair would be covered under warranty. Nikon also would be in a position to advise you as to what the problem might be so that in the event that the repair is not covered under warranty, you don't replace the wrong thing.

You cannot replace the lens assembly. This must be done by a Sony repair service center. You cannot "polish" the lens without completely ruining it. Replacement is going to be expensive. Get an estimate and then decide if it's worth it.

I'm sorry to tell you that this means your camera is now dead.

You've broken the lens assembly, and probably the lens zoom/retract motor and gear assembly. There is no way to accurately repair them without replacing as complete sub-units: even if you could get it back together, the lens elements would be out of alignment. Spare parts have long since been discontinued.

Your camera is now about eight years old, so it's done fantastically well; very few digital cameras last more than five years. Unfortunately the only fix is to replace the camera.

It does not pay to fix this camera. This camera can be bought on Amazon for about $55. A brand new camera with specifications that blow away the Olympus can be bought for less than $100.

Sorry for not instructing you on repairing this camera, but you won't find any reputable person that would repair it.

That is the focusing screen to your Olympus. The tab you see goes to the right, as in the shiny side of the screen points down toward the mirror. The tab is the handle ( so to speak) for the screen. grab it only there as you can damage the rest very easily.

By manual zoom lens I am assuming you mean a film camera lens. If it is one of our OM 1 or 2 lenses they can be used on our Olympus digital SLR camera but you will need to purchase an MF-OM1 converter to be able to adapt those lenses to fit on our digital SLR camera. Then you will only be able to shoot using those lens in manual focus mode. Auto focus mode will not be available.

Hey savmoney,
Your current OM lenses are not directly compatible with the current four thirds mount used on Olympus DSLR's, but there is an OM four thirds adapter which should allow you to mount your older lenses to a new Olympus DSLR. You should have limited functionality while using the adapter, but according to the manufacturer aperture priority should work and full manual. I have included a link to a chart that shows which OM lenses are supported by this adapter. I hope this helps!

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_files/mf1instcomp.pdf

Sincerely,
Allan
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