Canon 17-55mm Lens - Zoom Creep?

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Just wondering if any other users of the Canon 17-55mm lens experience zoom creep?

I've had mine for just a couple weeks and very pleased with the results, very sharp, fast and quiet focus etc. The one minor irritant is after 5 to 10 minutes of walking with the camera suspended upside down from a BR strap, the lens zooms out - not a serious issue - but it is irritating.

Anyone one else have the same thing? I've seen a suggestion about using some kind of elastic band around the barrel to stop the slip, I'm a bit reluctant in case something gets jammed under the zoom mechanism.

Any comments & suggestions welcome.

Thanks,

Chris
 
I have exactly the same issue. It doesn't bother me that much as I just flick the zoom to where I want it when I pull it up to my eye to shoot anyway.
 
Thanks Jack, it seems to be a fairly common problem, but it is a bit irritating, especially when my wife's Tamron 17-50 doesn't suffer the same problem and it has a lock mechanism in case it ever develops a slidey zoom!

Nuffles said:
I have exactly the same issue. It doesn't bother me that much as I just flick the zoom to where I want it when I pull it up to my eye to shoot anyway.
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I am very disappointed with my one year old 17-55, but in terms of lens creep that is not a problem.
 
What is the cause of your disappointment? After just a couple of weeks ownership, I'm very pleased with mine.



Fitzy said:
I am very disappointed with my one year old 17-55, but in terms of lens creep that is not a problem.
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I noticed it with the new one I bought last friday, between that and the weird focal length range I took it back yesterday for a refund. Took some fantastic photos though regardless.
 
I am very disappointed with my one year old 17-55, but in terms of lens creep that is not a problem
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Don't get many negative comments apart from price about this lens, i'm also interested what you found disappointing
 
tijuana taxi said:
Don't get many negative comments apart from price about this lens, i'm also interested what you found disappointing
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Maybe he's confused it with an 18-55?!
 
SamP said:
I noticed it with the new one I bought last friday, between that and the weird focal length range I took it back yesterday for a refund. Took some fantastic photos though regardless.
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The weird focal length range? You took a lens back due to it's focal range??!

Surely you were aware of the focal range when you bought it??

And it's a very standard focal length range..
 
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odd jim said:
The weird focal length range? You took a lens back due to it's focal range??!

Surely you were aware of the focal range when you bought it??

And it's a very standard focal length range..
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I spend alot of time with my 10 - 22, seemed a bit pointless having the overlap really. Yes the 17 - 55 is a stop and a third faster at that point, so there was benifits but it just seemed a waste. Anyway I found that I was using between 35 - 55 most of the time. Makes more sense for me to get a 24 - 70...

Also why the hating. Its all opinion at the end of the day. Rockwell loves the 18 - 55 kit lens.... :lol:
 
It is the 17-55 f2.8 lens I have rather than the 18-55 kit lens.

As for why I don't like it, there isn't really anything I can put my finger on except I almost always left feeling disappointed with the results I get from it. Perhaps the problem is more to do with me, as having read great reviews on it maybe I was just expecting too much from it.
 
SamP said:
I spend alot of time with my 10 - 22, seemed a bit pointless having the overlap really. Yes the 17 - 55 is a stop and a third faster at that point, so there was benifits but it just seemed a waste. Anyway I found that I was using between 35 - 55 most of the time. Makes more sense for me to get a 24 - 70...

Also why the hating. Its all opinion at the end of the day. Rockwell loves the 18 - 55 kit lens.... :lol:
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No hating I just found it amusing!

We're talking about the very expensive 17-55 not the 18-55 tho!
 
Rmacleod90 said:
Its a common problem with all canon non-L series zooms, just one of these things
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Not really, loads of non L zooms don't suffer lens creep.
 
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