Zoom ring not smooth? Has anybody else had this experience?
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This will get smooth, just use it often and in a month you will feel the diffrence.
561298
I have it set to smooth, and have not noticed any real . could be juddering It could be the specific content you are watching. Juddering is worst with side panning/scrolling content and there is only so much compensating Auto Motion Plus can do. I too prefer the "soap opera effect" and only find juddering on some animated content during side scrolling.
1532922
I'm having a similar problem. I've noticed it most in low light, when the subject moves. I don't think I've experienced it much outdoors in bright light. I've not taken the time to research it yet. I'd say I've been somewhat disappointed in the camera.
1300381
I've never noticed a "bump". If it did exist, it disappeared quickly. The zoom is a bit stiff, but I like that and experience no "creep" that bothers some other zoom lenses. I've had the lens since New Years, and I'm very pleased with it.
342901
I as well have a focus problem, I have to bump the zoom a bit when I first start the camera. Not aware of any solutions and am looking for a warranty fix.
220774
I have the same problem with the autofocus for video recording (even when set to "Full AF"). It occurs mostly during zooming in and not as much when zooming out. Sometimes, after zooming in, it will lose the focus and then regain it or not at all at times. This problem has occurred in bright light and sun outdoors and indoors in decent and dim light.It's too bad since the quality (color and clarity) seems excellent.
1564625
I used this lens for one year until yesterday without any problems. Just yesterday I am experiencing the same issue: quite focus hunting when zoomed out at 70+ and when it stops it is not on focus! Any idea?
1567841
Yes, the zoom has variable speed.I am not using it at the moment and I am planing to sell it. If you are interested please contact me: producciones1.78@hotmail.es
1786150
I don't have this camera, but I recently returned Samsung WB380 camera reluctantly due to the exact same problem. The zoom lever became "sticky" in about a week meaning it never returns to the middle position. Camera thinks you are still trying to zoom and doesn't let you take a picture until you manually push the zoom lever to the center position.Otherwise, the camera was fantastic.
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I'm having this issue, too. Camera seems to get confused and the whole frame becomes blurry rather than focusing on the one object. It takes several attempts to register what I'm trying to do, and then it's too late - opportunity has passed and subject has moved. Time to really study my manual I guess or maybe this is a shortcoming with this camera.
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Thanks for the info Corey! I agree that zooming during recording can get a bit nauseating if done too much/too fast but it is a nice feature to have in certain instances. At least the zoom works before/after like it does on my old 3.2MP Cyber-shot. Thanks for clearing that up.
2235465
No. All the zooming is done internally. There is no change in the physical size and neither the front ring or front elements rotate.
229477
autofocus works fine except when you are really zoomed in all the way ... sometimes it struggles with fast moving objects.
722494
Hi there it works for me , im using Olympus omd5. play with it a bit ,move ring sideways and backward .
387699
I have had this problem. Very gently wiggling the lens seems to retract the lens, with no observable effect, at least in my case. But do so at your own risk! This camera has become useless to me for a different reason -- dust has collected on the lens inside the camera, with no obvious way to open the camera to clean it. I get very bad blotches on my photos, especially when using the zoom.
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i have never used it on the zoom ring only the focus ring. Sorry for not being to answer that. Have you bought the product Jonathan? I have one for sale. Great shape. Rodney Howe 719-650-9909
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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611rse2-T2L.jpg See the Zoom lock ring (lower right)? Unscrew to loosen "push-pull" zoom then re-tighten it to lock the zoom factor.