LizaWitz
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I have the NEX-5 and I bought the E-Mount 18-200. We travel full time, so I needed a one-lens solution and don't mind the lower light gathering ability.
I've had this setup for a week and yesterday we were taking a bunch of photos and I ran into a problem. I'm not sure if the camera or the lens is the issue, so wouldn't know which to try to get fixed. (Bought the camera with the 16mm lens, then bought the 18-200).
With this lens, turning the lens to zoom in is really easy, but turning it to go wider is a bit hard. Going from 200mm - 180mm takes a fair bit of torque, and this causes the lens to wiggle sligthly in the mount and sometimes the camera loses communication with the lens.
When the lens is on the camera, there is about a half a millimeter of play. Always, the lens clicks into place and has this wiggle. It is very slight and about as small as you could expect for a well designed piece of machinery.
But when zooming out, it seems an internal connection is lost... the F-stop indicator switches to F-- and the lens goes into default focus position and the camera stops focusing the lens at all.
The only way to fix it is to power cycle the camera. I turn it off then on.
I've started holding the lens with both hands when I zoom out, and this helps. (Previously I was holding the camera with the grip in my right hand and zooming the lens with the left hand. The lens is heavy enough that I hold the lens with the left hand all the time. )
Has anyone else seen this, or seen the camera lose contact with a lens?
Any suggestions really appreciated. In a few days we're getting on a 16 hour flight and on the other side of it, I'm planning to take a lot of pictures.... got this camera specifically for this, but if I have to turn the camera off between every couple shots it is going to be very frustrating. (This kind of annoyance can overwhelm all the good impressions of such a nice camera!)
Probably no time to have sony do anything now, but would appreciate hearing from others if anyone has seen anything like this on their NEX.
Thanks!
I've had this setup for a week and yesterday we were taking a bunch of photos and I ran into a problem. I'm not sure if the camera or the lens is the issue, so wouldn't know which to try to get fixed. (Bought the camera with the 16mm lens, then bought the 18-200).
With this lens, turning the lens to zoom in is really easy, but turning it to go wider is a bit hard. Going from 200mm - 180mm takes a fair bit of torque, and this causes the lens to wiggle sligthly in the mount and sometimes the camera loses communication with the lens.
When the lens is on the camera, there is about a half a millimeter of play. Always, the lens clicks into place and has this wiggle. It is very slight and about as small as you could expect for a well designed piece of machinery.
But when zooming out, it seems an internal connection is lost... the F-stop indicator switches to F-- and the lens goes into default focus position and the camera stops focusing the lens at all.
The only way to fix it is to power cycle the camera. I turn it off then on.
I've started holding the lens with both hands when I zoom out, and this helps. (Previously I was holding the camera with the grip in my right hand and zooming the lens with the left hand. The lens is heavy enough that I hold the lens with the left hand all the time. )
Has anyone else seen this, or seen the camera lose contact with a lens?
Any suggestions really appreciated. In a few days we're getting on a 16 hour flight and on the other side of it, I'm planning to take a lot of pictures.... got this camera specifically for this, but if I have to turn the camera off between every couple shots it is going to be very frustrating. (This kind of annoyance can overwhelm all the good impressions of such a nice camera!)
Probably no time to have sony do anything now, but would appreciate hearing from others if anyone has seen anything like this on their NEX.
Thanks!