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Re: NEW 24-70mm f2.8ii Zoom Ring "Ticking" While Zooming
dsc888 wrote:
anand71 wrote:
I just received my replacement from B&H and as expected it had the same ticking while zooming..darn!!!
Its a 032... serial #. I am not sure what to do now..Just return and wait for sometime till this batch clears out and hoping get a new batch 04....+ that folks have reported zooming smoothly? But then I wont get the $1699 deal by then..aarggh
I can live with this ticking but paying that much money I just want to be sure this is not something that would become a major issue after 1 year warranty expires...I am having a trip to cancun end of nov. and was hoping just this lens + 5dIII wud do but now that doesnt seem to be the case
Thanks
Anand,
Sorry to hear about this. There are those who have switched out 5 lenses from B&H over in the CanonRumors Forum and still getting stuck with the "032" batch which I also returned to Amazon. It seems all 2012 units are good as well as the April batches. I would ask them to swap it out again because I would hate to lose the rebate. It will be all worth it once you gets tick free one like so many of us. Keep us all posted.
Received my lens a couple of days ago from B&H. It has a 022 code, which I assume means it was produced in Feb.
No noticeable noise zooming up from 24. But a very slight, subtle noise, which I guess could be described as "tick tock" when zooming down from 70.
If this is what all the uproar is about, it's a non-issue for me. I suspect that my rest-state breathing is often louder this noise. I know that the IS in my 70-200L 2.8 makes more noise.
I'm more concerned about the image quality this expensive piece of glass produces. The jury is still out on that question.