Quickzoom Feature on stock lens

[videomagician]

I was reading the manual on the stock lens, and discovered a couple features I didn't know were included.

Quickzoom - which lets you assign either the VTR or RET button on the lens to zoom in so you can focus, then when you release the button it goes back to where you had your shot set.

Auto Crusing Zoom - where you can start your zoom the speed you want, then press whichever button you selected up above and let go of the rocker and it will continue zooming at that constant speed.

To enable these features, on the front of the lens grip is a removeable plug that has the switches behind it. (1) enables VTR switch to Quickzoom, and (2) enables RET to Quickzoom.

At my last full-time gig before I started free-lancing, I had bought a Digibeta DVW-790WS that had a Fuji 22X lens (that was over $20K) that had these features on it. If I remember correctly, that lens's Quickzoom was a LOT quicker. Guess it had a stronger motor on it.

Pretty cool that these features are included on this lens.

 

[Lez]

That sounds like a great feature... I did not know it existed...

Thanks..

 

[hotchkiss]

Thanks for spreading the news on these features. I guess it pays to read the manual ;-) .

 

[Emmet Brown]

I read the Manual, but forgot this features... Thanks for remembering! Now i put the Quickzoom at the RET-Button, a nice feature if you want check the focus in interview situations without loosing your framing

 

[Cees Mutsaers]

what are the abbreviations "VTR and RET" stand for ?

 

[Emmet Brown]

what are the abbreviations "VTR and RET" stand for ?

VTR is the Record Button on the lens where you stop and start recording with your thumb. I think nobody want to change this function..

RET is the Rec-Review Button, just before the Zoom-whipe. Its a nice Feature on Tape-Cameras, but on tapeless its not necessary i think. No Problems with Timcode-Dropouts and you can easily check your recordings in the thumbnail-menu. So its nice to put the Quickzoom on this button...