• Canon Cameras

  Gl-2 ( xm-2 ) zooms by itself – why?

  Posted by Arnljot Bringedal on July 26, 2007 at 12:19 pm

  Hey!

  I leave my canon camcorder on a tripod with a fixed focal length.

  But.. Somehow it zooms out to wide, by itself, after a while…

  Come to think of it – all my smaller canon camcorders also behave strangely in the xoom department.. one of them zomm from wide til max when i turn it on… when i zoom it back out to wide – it zooms back in…

  Ideas anyone?

  *** Norwegian videojournalist & Editor***

  Matt Devino replied 18 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Richard Sanchez

  July 26, 2007 at 6:20 pm

  Are you using a LANC controller? At my previous job, we were using a LANC controller on a DVX that was malfunctioning and causing the camera to zoom on it’s own. Otherwise, it sounds like a malfunctioning servo.
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  Matt Devino

  July 30, 2007 at 10:31 pm

  I had this same problem with my GL-2, it eventually got worse and worse until the zoom stopped altogether. It ended up being a bad zoom motor, which it turns out is a common problem with that camera. It’s too bad Canon still hasn’t put a real mechanical zoom ring on any of their cameras.

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