Russ Gutshall
October 7th, 2015, 10:37 AM
Greetings LS300 Shooters -- throwing this out there as I had an issue using long Canon telephoto coupled to my LS300.
Had lens mounted shooting some backyard stuff. IS was "activated" on lens (using MetaBones MK IV EF). When I turned off the Vid-cam - I heard a loud CLUNK - most definitely coming from rear of Canon lens. With lens unmounted from vid-cam - there was distinct rattle coming from rear of lens. Suspected it was the IS element assembly - uncoupled from wherever it couples too.
I mounted lens onto Canon 7D MKII - turned cam body on - IS was engaged on lens - and heard another "clunk" from rear of lens - took some shots with that body/lens combo - and all looks OK. This never happened with Canon wide zooms attached. Anybody out there ever experience similar incident ? Should IS on lens be disengaged "before" shutting down LS300 ? Anybody had damage to Canon IS lens in similar situation ? What firmware version on Metabones EF IV and/or LS300 do you have ? ANY feedback would be appreciated !
Overall - is it worth it to upgrade LS300 to latest firmware -- or too many issues generated ? I use Shogun as monitor as JVC lcd/viewfinder really is a joke !
Had lens mounted shooting some backyard stuff. IS was "activated" on lens (using MetaBones MK IV EF). When I turned off the Vid-cam - I heard a loud CLUNK - most definitely coming from rear of Canon lens. With lens unmounted from vid-cam - there was distinct rattle coming from rear of lens. Suspected it was the IS element assembly - uncoupled from wherever it couples too.
I mounted lens onto Canon 7D MKII - turned cam body on - IS was engaged on lens - and heard another "clunk" from rear of lens - took some shots with that body/lens combo - and all looks OK. This never happened with Canon wide zooms attached. Anybody out there ever experience similar incident ? Should IS on lens be disengaged "before" shutting down LS300 ? Anybody had damage to Canon IS lens in similar situation ? What firmware version on Metabones EF IV and/or LS300 do you have ? ANY feedback would be appreciated !
Overall - is it worth it to upgrade LS300 to latest firmware -- or too many issues generated ? I use Shogun as monitor as JVC lcd/viewfinder really is a joke !