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Josh Glowicki · April 17th, 2010, 02:44 PM

canon xh-a1

can someone please explain to me why i cannot adjust my focus manually while zooming slowly through a shoot? the second i stop zooming i can adjust the focus, but not during. whats up with that?

thank you

Colin McDonald · April 17th, 2010, 03:04 PM

This issue has been covered at length here and I did not have to much difficulty in finding the answer using your heading as "search this forum" keywords.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xh...bombshell.html goes in to it in a lot of detail but basically the answer is that the XH-A1 and XH-G1 have one servo that does both functions. Your "manual" focus is not directly operating the lens remember, just triggering the servo.

April 17th, 2010, 02:44 PM	#1
Josh Glowicki New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 15	manual focus while zooming.... canon xh-a1 can someone please explain to me why i cannot adjust my focus manually while zooming slowly through a shoot? the second i stop zooming i can adjust the focus, but not during. whats up with that? thank you

April 17th, 2010, 03:04 PM	#2
Colin McDonald Trustee Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 1,546	This issue has been covered at length here and I did not have to much difficulty in finding the answer using your heading as "search this forum" keywords. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xh...bombshell.html goes in to it in a lot of detail but basically the answer is that the XH-A1 and XH-G1 have one servo that does both functions. Your "manual" focus is not directly operating the lens remember, just triggering the servo.