>>4262376ya see, the screws are made out of cheese and were rounded out before I even started, i cant get enough purchase on the screw to even begin putting any amount of torque on it.
picrel is the aftermath of the ring breaking after I pressed down real hard on the screw trying to get purchase.
no big loss i guess, the camera costed me a dollar but i could have flipped it for probably 20-40 if i could have made it work flawlessly despite its blemishes
its a ricoh 35ZF if anyone's curious