PDA

View Full Version : 70-300 IS odd problem...

Box Brownie
17th of January 2006 (Tue), 17:36
Hi All

Have any users of this lens here found this issue described in this dpreview posting http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1029&message=16712186

Mine is a great lens when used in landscape orientation but as reported in that thread I have found mine does have the reported 'problem'.

I wonder if it is generic to the design or the newest manufactured ones are 'cured'.

I know that many here (I think) are also posters to dpreview but wondered if anyone here has had this 'fixed' or if Canon has offered amy advice of repairs/replacement?

TIA :)
MrChad
17th of January 2006 (Tue), 18:45
Can someone explain this to me it clearly must be an IS thing. As the lens optics don't care what angle they are at, they are round a picture is a picture.

Turn off IS if you can, picture should look fine. I don't have this issue, but my lens doesn't support mode 2 either.
LightRules
17th of January 2006 (Tue), 19:18
This is going around various forums, and the issue is not "IS" related. I posted this issue a while back: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=127848&highlight=fstopjojo

My copy returns to me TOMORROW (so they've told me), and I will post back on whether it is fixed or not. Apparently it's an issue with the inner barrel being loose. More to come.
Neilyb
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 02:46
Think I'll buy a Sigma ;) !
Coder33404
30th of June 2006 (Fri), 02:47
This is going around various forums, and the issue is not "IS" related. I posted this issue a while back: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=127848&highlight=fstopjojo

My copy returns to me TOMORROW (so they've told me), and I will post back on whether it is fixed or not. Apparently it's an issue with the inner barrel being loose. More to come.

Mine is a bad copy [serial number] also and the barrel is very loose, have to keep a rubber band around the zoom mechanism to keep it from flopping to 300mm when the lock isn’t on.
lungdoc
30th of June 2006 (Fri), 05:09
Canon indicatea it's certain serial numbers in the announcement below, long thread on this at http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1029&thread=19022690

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&fcategoryid=216&modelid=11922&keycode=2112&id=28468
runninmann
30th of June 2006 (Fri), 05:25
We now have a "sticky" on this topic.