Dan Gadd |
July 23rd, 2006 02:59 PM |
Slow zoom speed?
Hey everyone, this is my first post so go easy on me. I've been an XL1s user for about four years and recently received the XL2. As soon as I assembled the XL2, however, I noticed that the zoom speed on the 20x lens was considerably slower than it was with the 16x lens on the XL1s, even when the setting was on "constant" and I cranked the speed to its highest setting "16". It was a brand new camera and lens, so my first thought was that we had somehow missed this drawback when we were researching the XL2. To test the problem, I put the original 16x lens on the XL2 and it worked perfectly. When I put the 20x on the XL1s, however, I encountered the same problem, meaning it was an issue with the lens. I called Canon and they told me that it was indeed a problem with the lens, and that it should be able to zoom similarly to the 16x. While I believe Canon, I can't help but be a little suspicious that a brand new lens was having this problem. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Will my worries be put to bed when the replacement arrives?
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