Chris Hodges wrote:
wrote:
I bought a new camera a few months back and I have a slight niggling
problem. The zoom lens has a very light action so much so that when the
camera is not being used the zoom action falls under its own weight. So
every time I put the camera back up to my eye I have to reset the zoom.
As a temporary bodge I stuck several layers of masking tape to the
underside of the lens so the slight friction stops the lens barrel
moving under its own weight.

It's known as zoom creep, though jump would be a better word. It's a
problem on many (and not just cheap) SLR lenses. I don't know if it
would be possible to stop it with a suitable (wide) rubber band (to
stop the zoom ring turning by overlapping onto a fixed part of the
barrel - unless it's a push-pull zoom of course).

Chris

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Actually an elastic bad of the right thickness around the fixed part of
the barrel might do the trick, it only needs to provide just enough
friction to stop the barrel falling under its own weight when the
camera is hanging around my neck and not being used. The wrist band
idea could also work.
I expect with time that it will stiffen up a bit. I don't think that it
could be construed as faulty as the action on the lens is as it should
be.

Kevin