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08/16/2003 01:58:58 PM · #1 |
I found this post on another forum. Has anyone ever tried this?
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Here's what you do.
1.) Turn on the camera, zoom in all the way (while zooming, look at the part that rotates outside the lens), put it on manual focus, focus to 2 feet (this is important).
2.) Carefully grasp onto the ring that moves when you zoom. Slowly turn it counter clockwise (looking at the back of the camera). Point the camera at something close and do this until it comes into focus. You can control the focal distance by moving the ring counterclockwise (closer) or clockwise (further).
3. Slowly rotate the lens all the way to the right. Shut off the camera (this just makes sure that everything is where the camera expects it). Turn it back on and resume normal usage.
The rotation from the zoomed in to closest focal distance will be 1/4 revolution of the ring. Don't try to go any farther...it can't. Just point the camera at the thing your trying to see and you should never hit the end (unless your focussing on the dust on the lens.
Warning: Don't zoom while the lens is in the super duper macro mode position. The camera will detect that something is horribly out of the ordinary and will shut off. Don't move the manual focus, and don't put it on autofocus. This can cause things to try to move that can't move when the lens is in this position resulting in a motor trying to move but can't type noise.
I have found that the focal distance is very small (you can focus onto the dust on the lens). I have done this many times over the past couple of weeks without any apparent damage to the camera. I often don't find that the 12 zoom steps are enough, so I'll grab onto the ring and move it to somewhere in between. If you try to move it, you will notice that it moves very easily. Just never force it and everything should be alright (so far it seems to be). If your afraid, try to rotate it just a tiny but. You will see that it moves very easily without much force at all. Just make sure that when you rotate it counter clockwise (looking at back of camera) that you slightly push in (this is how it wants to go) and pull out for clockwise motion. This will result in the least amount of force. Remember, your only rotating it never more than 1/4 of the way clockwise.
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08/16/2003 04:53:15 PM · #2 |
Any idea if it will work with a G2?
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08/17/2003 09:30:02 AM · #3 |
Also, how do you get it back to normal?
I would also be interested to hear from anyone who has tried this.
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08/17/2003 10:08:38 AM · #4 |
Step 3 appears to be the "back to normal" step. You're putting the ring back to where you started, then "rebooting" the camera so the mechanism finds home again.
All bets are off as to whether this would work with G2. The lens is different.
Cool work-around though, but not for the faint of heart.
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08/17/2003 10:27:00 AM · #5 |
I bet this is not mentioned in the User's guide ;)
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