omarlyn wrote:
If it really bothers you THAT much, here's the fix: Peel back the rubber focusing ring and rotate the ring until three (or four) little screws line-up with the access hole on the ring. Those little screws tighten or loosen little teflon spacers that control the 'barrel creep'. If you tighten them (very, very slightly), you should eliminate your barrel creep. Remember, 'less is more' when adjusting the tension on the barrel.
HTH,
Thanks you very much. This is great information. One question, are the screws closer or further from the camera mount?
stevek65 wrote:
How many of you have barrel creep on your lenses and what can you do to fix it? Does this bother any of you?
It doesn't bother me. I can't remember ever shoot straight down at my feet.
Tried to check the screws on my 24-70. I found there are three openings with three correspnding screws under the focus ring, just as you descibed. You need to move both the focus and zoom rings to get them to line up right.
But I couldn't move the screws - seems like they were exceptionally tight. That said, I was afraid to really torque them (for obvious reasons).
The screws are small and appear to be surrounded by a brass ring that is slightly raised and looks like it has a slots for a slotted screwdriver on them. Is this different than what's on the 24-105? I wondered if the center locking screw perhaps needs to be loosened to allow you to turn the brass ring....
Anyone try this on a 24-70? Minor slipperiness on mine, couldn't really even call it "creep"....
ontime wrote:
You can ignore it if you don't do long exposures at downward angles...
downward or upward angles. My 24-105 drove me nuts in the slot canyons when I was trying to take photos of the canyons from a vantage point which had me on my knees and the lens pointing in an upwards direction. Creeped almost every shot. Became painful. Will try tightening the screws to fix the problem.
Did it on the weekend, just need a small phillips head driver and less than 1 min. Only need to turn the screws 1/4-1/2 a turn to tighten them and problem is gone. I love simple fixes.
Mine has crept forever! I did the peel back the rubber and tighten the screws thing, but it didn't last long.
I had one of those rubber bands people wear on their wrists, like Lance Armstrong's? I got mine as an ID that I'd paid admission to a local park.
I placed it on the outside of the barrel, overlapping the zoom ring. It works like a charm and still allows me to adjust the FL easily.
bshamilton wrote:
Mine has crept forever! I did the peel back the rubber and tighten the screws thing, but it didn't last long.
Barry
You might have needed to add a tiny drop of 'Blue Thread Lock' to prevent loosening of the screws. (NOTE: the 'Blue Thread Lock' is only medium strength and can be easily un-locked...unlike the 'red' stuff which is much more permanent)
omarlyn wrote:
You might have needed to add a tiny drop of 'Blue Thread Lock' to prevent loosening of the screws. (NOTE: the 'Blue Thread Lock' is only medium strength and can be easily un-locked...unlike the 'red' stuff which is much more permanent)
Omar
be careful there, the color code is not an industry standard. I might even suggest not using a real thread locker, but perhaps something MUCH weaker.
Gonna try to fix mine tonight. Let's see. Canon asked somewhat around $200 (if I remember right) + the time I am going to be without the lens. It is my most used lens. Gonna try the trick tonight! Thanks, guys!
