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Re: EOS Zoom tension adj w/o clutch?

JPMccormac
Tue, 15 May 2001 11:14:43 -0700

>Can zoom ring friction be adjusted?  I know this is a >common complaint, but after a 
>month or so of use, my >28-135 IS creeps too readily. 

I was told by a Canon rep. that the fix would be quite expensive on my 28-135mm IS 
(over $100, since the lens has to be disassembled.) I've learned to live with it and 
use a small piece of gaffer's tape as a 'fix.' I cut a pice about 2.5" long x 1" wide 
and folded over one end (about 1") over itelf on one end to make a grasping tag. I 
just stick the tape over the barrel and the zoom grip to keep it from creeping as I 
walk around. When I'm ready to shoot, I pull off the tab and stick it onto the top of 
the oncamera flash. Been using this for a year with no problems. Others use rubber 
bands. See a thread on this at:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0014SQ&topic_id=23&topic=photo%2enet

John McCormack
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