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NEW 24-70mm f2.8ii Zoom Ring "Ticking" While Zooming

Started Oct 21, 2013 | Discussions thread
Ryan Ruel Forum Member • Posts: 70
Re: NEW 24-70mm f2.8ii Zoom Ring "Ticking" While Zooming

dsc888 wrote:

Hi Guys,

I just received my new 24-70 f2.8ii lens and it's everything that people have said it was. It's super sharp wide open and focus speed and accuracy is to die for!

But I also noticed one particular thing funny about the zoom ring. It seems to produce a very faint "tick tick tick" as I zoom from 24-70 and back at regular intervals. I read over at Canonrumors Forum that some folks have noticed it as well with the "NEWER" batch of lens made this year with thew new CENTER PINCH lens caps, which I also got. I ordered mine her from DPR's GearShop which ships from Amazon's stock. It's been reported that it may be due to a "brush" sensor or sorts that reports focal length to the camera as you zoom. It's not been verified of course.

Other than that, the lens is fantastic. I just wanted to see if folks here have experienced the same issue. I've only had the lens for about 5 days now and it's not gotten better or worse.

Thanks,

dsc888

I noticed this with mine as well, and it appears to be normal.

I don't notice it at all anymore after using the lens for a while, either it went away or I don't obsess over it.  The images from the lens are so good I don't care, and everything I read said it's just the design of the lens.

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