On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:21:31 GMT, "Darby OGill" <insuspense@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am looking into the Nikon E-series zooms with the idea of getting a decent

>"bargain" at KEH. They have a couple listed with "loose zoom". A thread I

>saw at D.Ruethers excellent collection of posts mentioned an "easy fix" for

>loose zooms without dismantling the lens but it didn't spell out the fix.

>I'm hoping someone would outline this fix for me and tell how effective they

>found it. Thank you, Darby

I don't remember the particular post, but one method that

appeared effective was to slide back the zoom ring (assuming

there are screws under the rubber that can be removed to

permit this), and place 3-4 strips of high-quality tape

lengthwise along the barrel to effectively increase its

diameter slightly - but if you get this far, removing the

zoom ring completely, and replacing the felt on its inside

surface would serve best... BTW, since "zoom creep" is

rarely a problem with the lens used hand-held, confining

its use to this solves the problem easily...;-)