Thanks for the info. The creeping would be annoying to me. If it has to creep, I think it would be much better if the creep went to 400. Seems like an engineering flaw to me? None of the other internal zooms creep.
gdanmitchell wrote:
I wonder if this is going to turn out to be a flaw with the initial batch that gets addressed going forward?
I've seen another report of a lens that doesn't creep but it was from preorder, day 1 release. So there is some tolerance going on with the zoom "tightness".
Will be interesting to see if the ones that don't creep start to creep after more use.
ps09 wrote:
Thanks for the info. The creeping would be annoying to me. If it has to creep, I think it would be much better if the creep went to 400. Seems like an engineering flaw to me? None of the other internal zooms creep.
None of the Sony internal zooms have elements as big as these.
I'm okay with the creep if it keeps the zoom as smooth as it is on my copy. I don't want mine to not creep and then have a stiffer zoom.
I developed a habit when shooting the 200-600 of always having my hand on the zoom ring and having that clockwise force on it to make sure I was always maximizing my focal length. I do the same with this new 100-400 and therefore am always at 400mm. Also the lens is still quite useable on the tight setting so there is always that option. Although if I'm using the zoom during a BIF sequence then I prefer the loose setting. But any other use it is fine on tight.
arbitrage wrote:
You can still use it on the tight setting. Might take a little more than just fingertips but it isn't like the 100-400 4.5/5.6 on tight.
