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Xl1s SW versions

X-James
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Nov 18, 2003, 12:11 PM

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So when I found this forum I went back a few pages and started playing catch up. I was amazed that the camera I plan on buying has so many issues with focus control, manual or auto.
The gentleman below this post has just received his camera back from warranty service, and a proper fix was instilled. Does anyone know if this ever desired fix has been added to late production models? Is it just a software fix? If so, is there a way to know what SW was the old and which is the new? I have no desire buying one of the nicest cameras on the market, only to have to send it back for repairs!
Thanks All,
James

X-don
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Nov 18, 2003, 6:33 PM

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: So when I found this forum I went back a few pages and started playing catch up. I was amazed that the camera I plan on buying has so many issues with focus control, manual or auto.
Backfocus is an internal electronic setting (a value stored in non-volatile memory) for the standard lens. Should be set with the lens-body combination Over time it is possible that mechanical changes with the lens/body combination could requre the setting be changed. ALso, aging/wear could cause a change, the machine may have shipped at other than optimum setting, the lens swapped, or a defect develop in the lens.)