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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / December 2005Can someone describe "lens creap" fo a zoom lens ?
The phrase is used but I can't find a description/definition. Can someone help?  Signaturea d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. This is an old term that refers to a movement of the zoom lens that you don't do yourself. If you point some zooms downward, they can move (by gravity) on their own and change the mm setting. > This is an old term that refers to a movement of the zoom lens that you > don't > do yourself. If you point some zooms downward, they can move (by > gravity) on > their own and change the mm setting. C'mon, Rich - you know full well that it has sexual connotations - it's the involuntary extending of a lens which, itself, is merely representation of the penile erection obtained by many camera enthusiasts when photographing couples having sexual intercourse in car parks. Or, in your case, when standing at a urinal...... (wasn't it you who said that it wasn't possible to be over-exposed in public conveniences?) > The phrase is used but I can't find a description/definition. Can > someone help? Your zoom extends to max on its own by gravity when pointed downward. > Your zoom extends to max on its own by gravity when pointed downward. That would (in US English, at least) define Lens Creep. Lens Creap is a photographer that looks less sociable than a drunken street person with a terrorist attitude. ;) Austin > > Your zoom extends to max on its own by gravity when pointed downward. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Austin I misread it! A Lens Creap is that guy that laughs at your 24-105mm f/4 'cause his 75-300mm f/4-5.6... WITH lens hood, is so much longer. >>>Your zoom extends to max on its own by gravity when pointed downward. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > A Lens Creap is that guy that laughs at your 24-105mm f/4 'cause his > 75-300mm f/4-5.6... WITH lens hood, is so much longer. Then there's Lens Crepe, which happens when you drop your camera in the pancake batter. >> The phrase is used but I can't find a description/definition. Can >> someone help? > > Your zoom extends to max on its own by gravity when pointed > downward. The Canon 70-300 DO IS USM LMNOPQ has a switch on the barrel that sticks it at 70mm forever, unless it is released. SignatureFrank ess "You know my method, Watson. It is founded upon the observation of trifles." -Sherlock Holmes- >>> The phrase is used but I can't find a description/definition. Can >>> someone help? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >The Canon 70-300 DO IS USM LMNOPQ has a switch on the barrel that >sticks it at 70mm forever, unless it is released. ...And the 100-400 IS USM has a ring which adjusts the stiffness of the zoom movement from almost immovable to very slack indeed. David SignatureDavid Littlewood > The phrase is used but I can't find a description/definition. Can > someone help? Lens creep, when a zoom moves from the weight of the glass, or looseness of the zoom mechanism. Lens creap, a paparazzi ;) |
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