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Zoom broken on the TG-6...any suggestions on fixes?

Started Jan 30, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP smithaa02 Regular Member • Posts: 252
Re: Zoom broken on the TG-6...any suggestions on fixes?
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Thanks to everybody that responded to this thread.  Note, I never did fix the zoom in button, but I did find a somewhat hacky solution that I'll share in case any wayward googlers find this thread and have the same problem.

Basically, you can trick the TG-6 to zoom in without actually pressing the zoom in switch.  Go to the quick menu and under accessories select the TCON-T01.  Then save this to C1 (or C2).  Menu > Reset/Assign Custom Modes > Custom Mode C1 > right arrow > press ok to set.

Then you're set...you can shoot zoomed out for the normal modes...but when you want to zoom in, switch to C1 and lightly tap the shutter button and the camera will auto zoom in.  The nice thing about this is you can still use other accessories (like the FD-1 and max zoom).  As long as as say the FD-1 is the default accessory, you can zoom in with this by going to C1 and simply returning to your preferred mode (say microscope mode).   Max zoom will be retained, yet the accessory will still be accepted.  To me this is important because IMO 90% of macro looks best with max zoom.

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