Posted by dmdsafe on 10/26/07 08:33

On Oct 24, 2:20 am, "Pat Horridge" <p...@remove-spam.vet.co.uk> wrote:
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
>
> news:5o6hq0Fkc8fhU1@mid.individual.net...> <dmds...@gmail.com> wrote ...
> >>I have a Sony VX-1000 with focus issues. It will be turned to auto
> >> focus and when I set it on a table at the edge it will not focus on
> >> the other side of the room. I can manually focus it on something super
> >> close but after i switch it to auto everything is out of wack again.
>
> > So is it related to "on a table at the edge"?
> > Does it do the same thing in the same position
> > but mounted on a tripod? Are you sure you not
> > occluding some infrared sensor, etc?
>
> Sounds like optical misalignment.
> I presume you can't manually achieve the normal full range of focus. ie from
> infinity to close up.
> If you can manually do that then the lens is ok it's justt he auto focus
> gone to pot.
> If however you can't actually manually achieve the correct focus the auto
> focus won't have a hope.
>
> Camera been dropped or bashed recently?

the owner uses it for skateboarding so i expect its been bashed quite
a few times.
I can manually focus it to what i believe is half of the range. That
is when at full wide zoom i can get it unfocused then almost focused.

ex.
blurry-------------focused---------------blurry
x---------------------x-|-----------------------------

I can manually adjust it between the x's


I was thinking along those lines(misalignment) whereas something
inside can't be electronically controlled due to blockage inside.

Have you had good luck fixing this problem pat?

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