A1 Servo Lens

srfer919

srfer919

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Does anyone else really wish the A1 had a manual lens rather than the electronic motor driven?

It's nothing that would make me want to sell my A1 of course, but one example is that I'd like to use the quicker zooms that I could get out of a manual lens for hardcore bands when I do music videos. There's a lot of hardcore bands out there now too. I know there are some plus sides to having a motor driven, but given the choice I'd choose the manual.

Also, does anyone feel that the zoom and focus preset on/set sliding button is really hard to engage without jarring the camera? I have a hard time with it and only use it under certain circumstances for this reason. I already didn't use the function very often which makes this feature very rare that I put to use.
 
Yup! I do alot of bands too and this is one of my pet hates with the Canon XL/XH cams (other than the small LCD). I think it is the biggest compromise I had to make when I went from Pana to Canon, however when you consider the value for money Canon cams offer compared to whatever else is available at the moment, it is a worthy compromise!!

I would have prefered they replaced the Zoom & Focus preset buttons with more worthy buttons.
 
Thank you! I thought I was the only one! I do still love this camera though.

I'm not too familiar with the 35mm adapters, but from my understanding, a 35mm adapter with a zoom lens attached would fix this problem right? Just something I was thinking about.
 
Absolutely! you are not relying on the canon lens rings so much, however, an adaptor with lens will make the camera a little more fragile & weighty (especially the DIY variety) which may limit some crash cam stuff.
 
Plus unless you're using ultra expensive cinema grade zoom lense, you'll have a lot of problem focusing as you zoom in. Photography lenses aren't back focusable, meaning that it will go out of focus every time you zoom in, unlike the A1 lense where if you zoom in all the way and focus, it stays in focus through that entire zoom range.
 
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