Tamron 18-270 lens creep - one solution
Aug 21, 2016 11:26:45 #
rhadams824
Loc: Arkansas
I put a wide rubber band on the lens, one half on the barrel and one half on the zoom ring. It is easy to zoom but stay where you zoom, no lens creep.
Photo attached.
Photo attached.
Aug 21, 2016 11:35:52 #
rhadams824 wrote:
I put a wide rubber band on the lens, one half on the barrel and one half on the zoom ring. It is easy to zoom but stay where you zoom, no lens creep.
Photo attached.
Photo attached.
Where's the photo? I have the same issue with my Canon 24-105L and would like to see your remedy.
Aug 21, 2016 11:41:04 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
Jakebrake wrote:
Where's the photo? I have the same issue with my Canon 24-105L and would like to see your remedy.
Use your mind's eye photo!
Aug 22, 2016 00:12:15 #
ottopj wrote:
Use your mind's eye photo!
Brilliant! I picture a condom wrapped around it. Possibly the OP has another solution.
Aug 22, 2016 09:37:31 #
Jakebrake wrote:
Where's the photo? I have the same issue with my Canon 24-105L and would like to see your remedy.
Post edited to remove original comment and two photos.
Aug 22, 2016 09:56:51 #
I can't remember the name, but there is a company that sell an item like that for that purpose.
Aug 22, 2016 10:15:58 #
Now my local photography store sells these "rubber bands." But it is a lot cheaper, and just as good, to choose a wide rubber band of the right length for the circumference of your lens. I just leave it on all the time, and it works fine.
Aug 22, 2016 11:24:08 #
Aug 22, 2016 12:39:54 #
Trade the 18-270 for the 16-300 better glass and no creep.
Tamron has a fix and they fixed mine no charge
Tamron has a fix and they fixed mine no charge
Aug 22, 2016 12:46:39 #
I would add to my previous contribution. This is not a matter of the quality of the glass. I have a top of the line Canon 24-70 L series f/2.8. It is a zoom where the lens extends. Because the lens is so heavy with big glass, it extends itself when you have the lens lowered, such as when you are carrying it. The quick, easy and cheap solution is the rubber band, as I stated earlier. By the way, the newer Canon lenses have a lock system to prevent the extension, so you need to remember to release the lock when you are ready to take photos.
Aug 22, 2016 15:10:37 #
That might work but if it's a used one it might get too stretched out
Jakebrake wrote:
Brilliant! I picture a condom wrapped around it. Possibly the OP has another solution.
Aug 22, 2016 15:28:38 #
Aug 22, 2016 17:38:36 #
I use LENSband's on every lens that creeps. Work well and they're colorful; easy to identify the lens.
bwa
bwa
Aug 23, 2016 04:19:23 #
You can use the rubber bands that they put around produce at the grocery store.
Works great.
Works great.
Aug 23, 2016 22:24:46 #
rhadams824
Loc: Arkansas
Jakebrake wrote:
Where's the photo? I have the same issue with my Canon 24-105L and would like to see your remedy.
Tried posting, will try again.
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