ZOE Durability? at DVinfo.net

David Ennis · February 2nd, 2005, 04:46 PM

Could someone comment on the durability they've experienced with the ZOE dvl (with MSR)?

I just received one and was a little disconcerted by the package insert that warns against using you fingernail on the buttons; that button function could be ruined. Seems to me that whatever fingernail pressure can do in the short term, fingerflesh pressure can do in the longer term.

Also, there is no tactile sensation of having activated a function. I have to look at the lights on the ZOE or the camera's LCD to confirm. I know that there was a comment about the loudness of the click in the review of last year's model, but they may have gone too far in the other direction.

Yuli Krudo · February 4th, 2005, 05:28 PM

Yes, The tactile sensation is a week feture of the Zoe, The Mafrotto 521 is very well designed and the Varizoom is also not bad in that sense.

It is practicly imposible to follow the lights and blinkings during real work.

On the other hand, most of the time you only use the REC switch and the zoom rocker.

Ken Tanaka · February 4th, 2005, 07:00 PM

Probably no consolation to you now, but that version of the controller was indeed a weak design, as I noted in an early review of the Zoe.

Bebob took that matter to heart and recently updated the design, as I recently reviewed here.

February 2nd, 2005, 04:46 PM	#1
David Ennis Fred Retread Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hartford, CT Posts: 1,227	ZOE Durability? Could someone comment on the durability they've experienced with the ZOE dvl (with MSR)? I just received one and was a little disconcerted by the package insert that warns against using you fingernail on the buttons; that button function could be ruined. Seems to me that whatever fingernail pressure can do in the short term, fingerflesh pressure can do in the longer term. Also, there is no tactile sensation of having activated a function. I have to look at the lights on the ZOE or the camera's LCD to confirm. I know that there was a comment about the loudness of the click in the review of last year's model, but they may have gone too far in the other direction. __________________ "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence..." - Calvin Coolidge "My brain is wired to want to know how other things are wired." - Me

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Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Probably no consolation to you now, but that version of the controller was indeed a weak design, as I noted in an early review of the Zoe. Bebob took that matter to heart and recently updated the design, as I recently reviewed here. __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

February 4th, 2005, 05:28 PM	#2
Yuli Krudo New Boot Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 20	Yes, The tactile sensation is a week feture of the Zoe, The Mafrotto 521 is very well designed and the Varizoom is also not bad in that sense. It is practicly imposible to follow the lights and blinkings during real work. On the other hand, most of the time you only use the REC switch and the zoom rocker.