I just tried and it is like Chuck says, there is a stop but you can force
it to go past it. Doesn't feel nice then, though.
So my guess would be your lens is 'within operational parameters'.
Just enjoy the lens ;-)
Best, Frank.
2015-01-02 17:00 GMT+01:00 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hold your horses. I just tried it again and discovered that the "stop"
> isn't as firm as I thought. I can go past it with a bit more pressure.
> I'd say now that there is some sort of slip clutch.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 1/2/2015 10:37 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the quick response, Chuck.
>>
>> I can feel the end stops, but the ring keeps going on mine - feels a
>> little
>> 'gritty' so I guess it's going back home for fixing up.
>>
>> davidt
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 09:55:58AM -0500, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>> I guess I should read the manual. I didn't even know that the lens had
>>> a manual(M) zoom mode. My zoom ring does not move past the stops at the
>>> ends of the range. There's a very solid stop at both ends like any MF
>>> Zuiko lens.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/2/2015 8:34 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Re the DZ 12-50, is it normal for the zoom ring to 'slip' past the zoom
>>>> extremes when in M-ZOOM? My example does this.
>>>>
>>>> The ring moves against the stops only in E-ZOOM and locks in MACRO as
>>>> expected.
>>>>
>>>> thanks in advance,
>>>> davidt
>>>>
>>>
>>
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