Help please

[mr_oconbhui]

January 7, 2013 at 9:08 pm

My apologies if this is in the wrong section. I have a fujifilm finepix s2980 and it now wont attach to the tripod I have or the monopod my brother bought me in the states. I bought the tripod when I got my camera and it attached to it fine up until this evening. I only got the monopod this evening and it attached fine until about 15 or so minutes ago. The threads on the tripod and monopod are fine but where you screw them into my camera it appears that the 1st couple of threads have worn down. My question is can this part of the camera be replaced and if it can where can it be done. Oh and as close to Mayo as possible.

Thanks

Kenny

[Undercrank]

January 8, 2013 at 7:37 am

You’d need to contact Fujifilm UK and get advice from them. They would probably be able to replace the part if the threads are well and truly stripped. Check out the bits and bobs that came in your camera box. There’s probably a phone number or email address in there somewhere.

Hope you can get it sorted.

[mr_oconbhui]

January 8, 2013 at 3:37 pm

Thanks a million I’ll email them because I’d say it would cost a bomb to call them. Like I said it’s only the 1st couple of threads that are worn but the tripod or monopod wont attach so I cant use them with the camera now.

[Geese]

January 13, 2013 at 4:48 pm

You could also bring it to a percision engineers to see if they have a tap to correct the damaged threads.

[saber]

January 13, 2013 at 10:54 pm

or your local garage may have a tap to clean up the threads. bring along the tripod as well to see that the thread is ok and to get the thread pitch. regards saber