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December 27th, 2006, 07:15 AM
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GL2 Zoom Rocker Sticking
I have a GL2 (bought about 2 years ago from the Private Classified forum here)
It has recently started developing the Stuck/not working zoom rocker issue that comes up in the forum periodically. Can anyone give me an idea of the repair cost at the Canon Service Centers? Thanks, Lynn |
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December 30th, 2006, 10:20 PM
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Regular Crew
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Zoom Rocker Problem
If you are not afraid to partially disassemble the tape door & plastic moulding around the tape trasport youb can replace the switch yourself. The nw zoom rocker w shipping costs $21 & change {shipping included}.
Send it to canon & I believe the minimum charge is $250-; that is why I replaced it myself. |
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December 30th, 2006, 10:48 PM
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Thanks for the response. Do I just contact the service center and ask for the part? Do you have a part number?
Thanks again. Lynn |
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December 31st, 2006, 03:17 PM
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With some further searching of the forum, I found this page: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=30579 the 4th page: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...t=30579&page=4 includes the part number and some instructions.
Thanks everyone for the pictures and instructions. |
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January 3rd, 2007, 03:10 PM
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New Part number for zoom key assembly for GL2
There is a new part number (well, the last part anyway) for the Zoom key Assembly for the Canon GL2
Part#: DG1-7395-010 U.S.A Phone# direct to parts dept: 1-732-521-7230 The price is $13.08. With tax and shipping (ground), my total was $19.93 Lynn Last edited by Lynn Roth; January 3rd, 2007 at 07:46 PM. |
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January 10th, 2007, 09:48 PM
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Fixed and Documented
I got my zoom rocker last Friday and installed it. I took pictures and documented the process on my website at http://penguin.nu/lynn/diy/gl2zoom.aspx
Hopefully this will help someone tackle this project. It ended up taking me about an hour and a half, but that included stopping to take a lot of pictures. Thanks to everyone who has put up pictures and directions in the past. They were very helpful. Lynn |
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February 21st, 2007, 11:55 PM
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Fixed and Documented
The link given below is a bad link.
Jim Quote:
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February 22nd, 2007, 06:37 AM
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Server fixed.
My website is back up. Sorry about that.
Lynn |
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February 22nd, 2007, 01:12 PM
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Lynn! You are awesome!! - Superb bit of photographic reportage and text tute. Excellent!!
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April 30th, 2007, 07:25 AM
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Dead
The link is totally dead again.
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April 30th, 2007, 07:30 AM
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Quote:
http://penguin.nu/lynn/diy/gl2zoom.aspx Lynn |
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April 30th, 2007, 07:50 AM
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Yep, it's on and off. I just posted a new thread... do you think it's the same issue? On my friend's camera both buttons are dead...
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June 1st, 2007, 09:00 AM
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My thanks to Lynn - I've just replaced the rocker mechanism on my XM2, following Lynn's excellent documentation.
The actual part only cost me 7 GBP from Canon (Europe) so I'm well pleased. (So is my lad, who's just inherited the camera!!!) Regards, Robin |
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June 6th, 2007, 06:23 PM
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Gl2 zoom repair
I think I wish that I had seen this article before sending my Gl2 in for repair but maybe not. Here's my 2 cents--
--both my zoom controls went out while I was on a shoot in El Salvador-I use the Gl2 in an underwater housing for shooting a surf film. Fortunately I had my Xl2 with me so all was not a loss. I guess my concern with repairing it myself is this--I found out that the cable for the zoom was damaged some how as well as the contacts that are spoken of here--also found that there were some mechanical issues which could have affected the picture\sound quality as well---had I merely fixed the zoom contacts myself--i guess I would have never known about the other issues--- If I just shot locally perhaps it wouldn't be that big an issue--I could have always rented one in an extreme emergency--but when you are paying $ for travel--and shooting a situation that can't be filmed again and your equipment goes down--- It's worth the extra money I think to make sure all is right--(yeah I know that doesn't mean that soemthing else couldn't go wrong)--but for me at least I have the peace of mind thinking that all is well. by the way anyone looking to purchase a Gl2 used--I would say don't---apparently after talking to the tech ( as has been previously mentioned)--this is a fairly common issue so unless you get the cam for a good price--and figure that you might have to either attempt the repair yourself or send it in--I think one would be better off purchasing a new system. And if like me you are depending on that system -- what's the extra price you would pay worth----to know that your equipment in all liklihood will not fail.....at least for a while. Ron |
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