Varizoom DV/HD thumbpad will not hold new focus

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2wheelfilms

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Hi all

Pretty sure my much loved Varizoom has gone off to the happy hunting grounds, but thought I would post here and see if others have had my issue as well. I did some searching and did not find a similar thread.

I have a Varizoom DV/HD for my HVX200. Flawless work from day one. It's old no doubt about it.

When I use the Varizoom thumbpad to focus the camera in, as soon as I release the Varizoom thumbpad, the HVX200 returns to the original wide open focus point. If I remove the Varizoom and focus with the camera thumbpad all is good, the focus holds on the new point. Have tried all combos of manual and auto settings and always get the same "return to start" behavior when using the Varizoom

My limited testing can't tell me if the problem is the Varizoom unit itself or the plugin insertion port of the HVX200. I hope it is the Varizoom, but I can see a bit of wiggle on the camera plugin port, so I can't rule that out. Anyone else experienced this?
thoughts?
Jeff
 
problem solved. Christian from Varizoom called me back within two hours of my original phone call outlining the problem. He explained the fix to me over the phone and my Rock PZFI is back in business!

btw - I meant to write ZOOM where I instead wrote focus. My bad.

The first thing he asked was that I look into the hole on the end of the thumbpad. In there, you will see a small screw with a regular/flat (not phillips) slot on the top. That slot should be horizontal (east and west or 9 and 3), if it is slanted out of that desired horizontal position, one way or the other, it is out of calibration.

The fix is to then loosen the tiny brass set screw that is on the underside of the thumbpad. With that set screw loosened, insert a screwdriver into the flat slot and gently turn it back into the desired horizontal, straight across position. I did that, retightened the brass set screw (gently) and then tested. Just like new again! Good to go. THANK YOU CHRISTIAN AT VARIZOOM. Perfect customer service.
 
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