On Wed, 23 May 2001 17:24:01 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Howard:
>
>That's interesting. It does not happen to my 28-105 though it does occur to
>my bigger lens like 300f4/L and 200f2.8/L. So far, I haven't experienced
>any problem in terms of sharpness or any other sort. I don't have this
>problem with smaller lens like 24 f2.8, 20-35f3.5 or even 85f1.8. The
>bodies that I'm using are EOS 50e and 5. I suspect one reason could be the
>weight and the other reason could be attributed to the different production
>period whereby the mount could be off by a bit causing this problem.
>
>Anyone have any other comments?
>
>Gary
>----- Original Message -----
>
>> I am new to this list and to photography in general, though I have
>definitely
>> been bit by the bug. I have an Elan 7 and a few Canon lenses at this
>point.
>> I have a question about the 28-105 f3.5-4.5. I asked this on one of the
>> newsgroups and got variable responses.
>>
>> I noticed that when I have this lens mounted on the body I can feel what
>one
>> would describe as a very slight 'give', 'shimmy', 'click',
Both my Canon zooms - the 28-135 IS and the 75-300 - have this slight
play in the zoom barrels. My Tamron 20-40, which has a much shorter
"throw, " does not. The 28-90mm that comes in the Elan 7 kit, has a
*lot* of play. I'd almost call it "slop."
Ken Durling
Website http://home.earthlink.net/~kdurling/
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