Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Well that worked quite nicely!

Aikidomayland found a great deal on a Canon 18-200. Found out it had a quirk.. a rather well known quirk.

Len Creep. It's not a problem if shooting while being hand held, but if I want to do some long exposures skyward, or straight down, lens creep becomes a serious issue.
I did a bit of web searching and found several references to a quick rather cheap fix. It worked.

A wide rubberband is all it took.



Close look:



Pointing the camera straight up, lock off, and it stays where I put it. It causes just enough friction/resistance to keep the lens position at both ends of the zoom and all places in between.




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