The eyecup has come off my NEX-7 a couple times now and I'm going to tack it in place, but instead of 'superglue' I'm thinking of using something different.
The common silicone bathtub sealer also come in black color and planning to put a trace of it in the grooves then snap the eyecup in place.
I'm thinking it should hold the eyecup on, but let me peel it off if in the future if need be without damaging anything.
OK, just finished the black silicone treatment to try and hold the eyecup more securely in place, using the following steps:
1) Removed the eyecup
2) Wiped around the camera mounted plastic frame & grooves of the eyecup holder with a Q-tip only 'damp' with Acetone so there was no chance of any excess coming off out it;
3) Using a small thin sliver split out of a popsicle stick as a tiny putty knife, I slid it into the mouth of the tube of black silicone, then wiped the silicone onto / around the surfaces of the camera mounted plastic frame & grooves;
4) Snapped the eyecup back in place
5) Using a clean Q-tip I wiped each edge around the 'inside' of the eyecup to ensure no residue squeezed out into the eyecup side of the frame;
6) Using the tiny "putty knife" I added a wide layer of black silicone around the left, top, and right sides of the eyecup where it overlapped the camera mounted frame to create a thick band of silicone along those joints...giving the eyecup a wider gripping / holding seam than just the little bit of silicone that got down into the tiny narrow plastic grooves themselves.
Hope I made that clear...and of course my description / terminology is mine, based upon NEX-7 design...other eyecups will be slightly different for sure, but the concept should remain the same.
Took only 8-10 minutes and while I have no way to "know" at this point, I definitely came away with a feeling that I just added one heck of a lot of additional holding strength around that eyecup after it cures and firms up...will let it sit undisturbed for a day or two just to be sure it dries & cures 100%.
