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100-500 zoom stiffness

Started 2 months ago | Questions thread
Victor Engel Forum Pro • Posts: 20,968
Re: 100-500 zoom stiffness

MarkDavo wrote:

Johnnyxbow wrote:

In the smooth position I do not find mine to be stiff. It has never been stiff.

Hope this is of some help. If you have a store near you, go try another.

Thanks for your reply. Stiffness is a matter of personal interpretation.

... to a point. There is an objective measure: will gravity cause it to extend? I saw a review of this lens where the reviewer mentioned that with it in the loose position it would extend by itself when the camera is pointed down, due to gravity. If yours doesn't do this even with a bit of motion, then my guess is that your lens is tighter than normal.

Note that I don't have this lens nor have ever used one. So take this with a grain of salt.

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