Should I Be Worried?
 

While shooting today on my EX1, the zoom and focus stopped responding. I had it set on Manual focus and servo zoom and was shooting handhled. It happened within the first 10mins of operation. Everything worked as normal after I turned the camera off and on.

Could this be a symptom of something about to break or was it just a glitch?

Thanks

Only a Sony engineer can answer that. Get it checked out.

I had this happen to my EX1 when it was only a month old, and I was far far away from help. It lost ability to focus altogether, auto or manual.
I had is serviced under warranty and sony replaced the complete lens setup.

Suggest you get it serviced as a priority.

Had the same thing happen but rebooting the camera did not fix the problem - entire lens assembly was replaced under Sony warranty.

Gosh, this looks like a trend! I have had my EX-1 lens replaced by Sony do to focus control slipping as well.

To those that had the focus go bad - did the zoom also go bad?

When you sent your EX1 in for repair, did Sony require anything besides the camera, such as a battery or cables?

Thanks

Zoom and focus failed, auto and manual at same time.

Only focus for me. They just want the camera sent in. Call them up and they will fax you a document to include with the camera.