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Steve Kalle
July 11th, 2010, 11:21 PM
While shooting today on my EX1, the zoom and focus stopped responding. I had it set on Manual focus and servo zoom and was shooting handhled. It happened within the first 10mins of operation. Everything worked as normal after I turned the camera off and on.

Could this be a symptom of something about to break or was it just a glitch?

Thanks

Colin Rowe
July 12th, 2010, 02:43 AM
Only a Sony engineer can answer that. Get it checked out.

Ross Herewini
July 12th, 2010, 04:21 AM
I had this happen to my EX1 when it was only a month old, and I was far far away from help. It lost ability to focus altogether, auto or manual.
I had is serviced under warranty and sony replaced the complete lens setup.

Suggest you get it serviced as a priority.

Barry J. Weckesser
July 12th, 2010, 08:19 AM
While shooting today on my EX1, the zoom and focus stopped responding. I had it set on Manual focus and servo zoom and was shooting handhled. It happened within the first 10mins of operation. Everything worked as normal after I turned the camera off and on.

Could this be a symptom of something about to break or was it just a glitch?

Thanks

Had the same thing happen but rebooting the camera did not fix the problem - entire lens assembly was replaced under Sony warranty.

Tim Polster
July 12th, 2010, 09:08 AM
Gosh, this looks like a trend! I have had my EX-1 lens replaced by Sony do to focus control slipping as well.

Steve Kalle
July 12th, 2010, 10:40 AM
To those that had the focus go bad - did the zoom also go bad?

When you sent your EX1 in for repair, did Sony require anything besides the camera, such as a battery or cables?

Thanks

Ross Herewini
July 12th, 2010, 06:52 PM
Zoom and focus failed, auto and manual at same time.

Tim Polster
July 12th, 2010, 06:57 PM
Only focus for me. They just want the camera sent in. Call them up and they will fax you a document to include with the camera.