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Akshay Nanjangud
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 - posted August 04, 2012 03:08 PM      Profile for Akshay Nanjangud   Email Akshay Nanjangud   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The lens on my ST-1200 HD reads "Elmo Super Zoom Lens 1:1.3 f=12~25mm Japan". The focus knob does move the lens front and back but I can't rotate the lens to zoom. Does this not zoom?

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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 - posted August 04, 2012 03:38 PM      Profile for Hugh Thompson Scott   Email Hugh Thompson Scott       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Akshay,if your lens states 12-30 then it is the zoom lens,it may
have "locked" and should come free with a twist.

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Akshay Nanjangud
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 - posted August 04, 2012 03:58 PM      Profile for Akshay Nanjangud   Email Akshay Nanjangud   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
In the quote of my first post, I typed what's written on the lens. From your words and what my lens says, it looks like my lens is 12 to 25. The lens is pretty beat up as you can see in the pic. However hard I twist, it doesn't rotate.

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Joe Taffis
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You're right Akshay, that is where its supposed to turn. Someone might have glued it.

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Akshay Nanjangud
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 - posted August 04, 2012 05:26 PM      Profile for Akshay Nanjangud   Email Akshay Nanjangud   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
With the current zoom setting, I still get the image size I want in my screening room. So it works for now.

Oh, this gives me an excuse to look for a 1.1 or 1.0 lens.

Thanks, Joe and Hugh. [Smile]

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Tony Stucchio
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Why on earth would someone glue a zoom lens so it doesn't zoom?
[Confused]

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Joe Taffis
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It was just a thought Tony. Someone may have taken it apart to clean and couldn't get it back together. We've seen stranger things in this hobby....

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Winbert Hutahaean
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Or maybe the previous owner has a permanent set up, so didn't need to change the screen size. With the lens glued he was only to worry with the focus. Just a thought.

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frank arnstein
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Hi Ashkay

Try heating the whole lens with a hair dryer or warm it up in the sun. The original lubricant in the zoom thread may have gone hard and caused it to become seized. This has happened to me and the jammed lens came loose again after I left it in the sun for a few hours.

worth trying.

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Winbert Hutahaean
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Frank, won't that leaving under the sun or give some heat create fogging on the lens?

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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It shouldn't do Winbert,any fogging usually disappears when a
lens gets warm.I still feel the lens has seized and needs a bit
of help.

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Vincent Zabbia
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 - posted August 05, 2012 11:28 AM      Profile for Vincent Zabbia   Author's Homepage   Email Vincent Zabbia   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Try lighter fluid. This stuff loosens almost anything....

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Akshay Nanjangud
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I tried the hair-dryer trick, it didn't work.

Vincent, what do you mean by lighter fluid?

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Vincent Zabbia
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It's called RONSONOL Lighter Fuel Made by Ronson.(used in Cigarette Lighters..Don't use near a flame...I've used it to loosen up old stiff binoculars I've collected through the years and works great. Has no lasting grease left behind. Dries up nice...

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Akshay Nanjangud
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Thanks very much, Vincent. Will write back after I've tried it.

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