lucyv

Success! Just as Conmai said, the eyepiece can be pushed out - I made some pics. As a bonus I found out the spares and repair camera had a much cleaner prism than my camera, so I replaced the prism too. On removing the prism, I was quite disturbed by a loose orange cable. On inspection, it has a little c-shaped contact that goes under the screw prism holder screw on one side. I wished I had had a magnifying glass for this, but I managed to get it back in. The first time I put my good camera back together the metering had ceased to respond, perhaps it's the orange cable? I took it apart, re-connected the orange cable with a tiny bit more tightness, and luckily the meter is back! Just a note, I am only doing home repair because my camera was cheap and I'm prepared to lose the whole thing.. for the fun of tinkering. We're lucky to still have legit camera repair individuals who actually know what they are doing. Thanks Conmai for the help! Lucy

I will do! Also, in case anyone finds this thread with a similar question - I discovered (thanks to The Olympus Hardware Resource Page for the service manuals) the eyepiece glass (part number ZC107800) is the same for the OM-2N and the OM10. So, in theory I think I could have snagged an OM10 for a slightly cheaper replacement part. Still, I'm glad to have a 2nd OM-2N to take apart before I mess with my prettier 'main'!

Update: I bought a spares and repair. I just hope it doesn't work well, or I'll struggle to harvest it's eyepiece!

Hi, Newbie here. I'm moving on from a beginner Pentax k1000 to an OM-2n I got on ebay. I like a DIY project so it's a bit battered but might end up functional! My viewfinder eyepiece is cracked - the actual glass nearest the eyeball, not the focusing screen. I've seen the foam removal instructions which also discuss eyepiece removal at Removing the Foam Around the Prism of an OM-1/OM-2 but I wondered what the cheapest option is to find the replacement part? Do I need to buy a spares and repair OM-2n or will other OM's do the trick? Or can I just buy an eyepiece bit from someone? Thanks .. and Olympus' are fun! Lucy