The $200 Dollar Spider
Well, thats something you don’t see every day.
Scared the Cr%@$ out of me, but he (assumed by the size of the abdomen) is on the inside. He seems to happily living between the rear eye piece and magnification prism. If I adjust the prism, he reacts and changes size.
I always knew Olympus cameras had a special sauce, but I did not realise it was Internal engineering support!
My guy is a little lost. My fear is he will wander off, language barriers aside, he has no visa, is not COVID tested and has no idea where he is, not to mention the mess he would make of the local eco system.
Seriously though, how do you explain an image or some footage was ruined by internal saboteurs!
Googling EM1 mk2 break down has produced nothing and the housing seems impervious to my meddling.
What to do?
Call the embassy?
I will sit it under a plastic box with the battery door and front cap off and hope that he wanders off on his own (the box will contain him so I know). My hope is he is a jumping spider (looks like), so wandering comes naturally. If not I will have to deal with possible webs and other issues. Not much room in there.
Many years ago, I had a Canon F1 with “shutter bugs”, on the finder (small mites). This was as a result of vegetable based adhesive or lubricant used at the time spawning them in humid weather, but in a modern camera I doubt there is much to eat.
If not, then I guess the $200 disassembly bill will become a reality.
ed. Gone, don’t know where and don’t care.