Re: Nikkor 18-200 VR? Satisfied? Comments?

On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:34:13 -0400, Don Wiss <donwiss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:15:56 +1000, "[BnH]" <b18[at]ii[dot]net> wrote:

Don Wiss wrote:

Mine is from Thailand. It was bought back in March.

If you are not at the widest position, and you point the camera down, the
lens slides out to the full zoom position. So if you want to take a
picture
downwards you have to hold the zoom ring to keep it there.

<-- exactly. The unit I use does not have that problem apparently.
As I remember I normally set it to 20-24mm and walk around with it and it
did not slide out.
Whilst most unit that is made in Thailand .. have that problem.

I just did a test. I pointed the camera down. At 18-24 it holds. Just a
little past 24 and it slides out to just past 135.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

I just did a test as well. The only way I could make the zoom "slide"
was to set the lens at about 50mm and shake the camera while pointing
down.
My lens was made in Thailand and was bought in June.

I don't consider this a problem as I never shake my camera hard enough
to zoom the lens in actual use.

rob
.

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