Soft stop of zoom at HVR-Z5E at DVinfo.net

Matjaz Fajdiga · March 6th, 2009, 02:19 PM

We have just received few pieces of HVR-Z5E and we noticed at all camcorders that when we stop pushing ZOOM lever (the same is with handle zoom) the zoom does not stop imediatelly but it looks as it stops with a little delay (like soft stop). This is annoying because it is difficult to get the right shot very quickly. We have also some other camcorders (broadcast, profesional, prosumer), but we have never noticed something like this. Is there anything in the setup menu to change this? Does anybody noticed this?

Matjaz

Adam Gold · March 6th, 2009, 04:11 PM

I actually think this is a great thing and makes the zooms look much better to me. One of the things that really bothered me about my FX1s was the suddenness of starting and stopping zooming. The FX7/V1 have the smooth ramping in and out of zooms as well. There's no way to change it. Eventually you just get better at anticipating where it will finally stop.

If you need to zoom very quickly just to frame up the shot, use the ring.

March 6th, 2009, 02:19 PM	#1
Matjaz Fajdiga New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenija Posts: 8	Soft stop of zoom at HVR-Z5E We have just received few pieces of HVR-Z5E and we noticed at all camcorders that when we stop pushing ZOOM lever (the same is with handle zoom) the zoom does not stop imediatelly but it looks as it stops with a little delay (like soft stop). This is annoying because it is difficult to get the right shot very quickly. We have also some other camcorders (broadcast, profesional, prosumer), but we have never noticed something like this. Is there anything in the setup menu to change this? Does anybody noticed this? Matjaz

March 6th, 2009, 04:11 PM	#2
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	I actually think this is a great thing and makes the zooms look much better to me. One of the things that really bothered me about my FX1s was the suddenness of starting and stopping zooming. The FX7/V1 have the smooth ramping in and out of zooms as well. There's no way to change it. Eventually you just get better at anticipating where it will finally stop. If you need to zoom very quickly just to frame up the shot, use the ring. Last edited by Adam Gold; March 7th, 2009 at 12:38 AM.