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Mar 20, 2006 11:34 |  #1

Wondered if anyone else has a similar issue. I've a 17-40 and a Drebel. For wide shots (landscapes or such) it really struggles to autofocus and I almost always end up on manual.

Other lenses have no trouble, including my 24. The 17-40 is OK when being used more as a normal lens. But, being used wide, even when I deliberately drop a focus point on a high contrast subject, it spends more time hunting than Dick Cheney during lawyer season.

Anyone any suggestions as to what is up?

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Mar 20, 2006 11:42 |  #2

Someone just the other day posted they were having issues with their copy struggling to AF but as for mine I haven't had any problems at all. I shot a wedding solely using it back in December and all the shots came out very good using AF. Being that your in California a shipment to the Irvine Repair Center might be a good idea.




  
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