Sick 70-200VR

[barry]

Last week I took this lens to the track and noticed that on occasions it did not want to focus all the way to infinity. It seemed like it was getting stuck before it got there (say 10-15 mm turn b4 the end). Has anyone else experienced a similar problem.

And yes the focus limiter was not on.

[Raskill]

DOH!

Lucky theres nothing important this weekend huh?

Hope you can figure it out mate.

[Reschsmooth]

I probably can't shed any light, however, a couple of questions:

1. Does this occur at all focal lengths?
2. Have you had or do you have issues with the zoom sticking?

I have focus issues with my 17-35 - it won't focus to infinity anywhere wider than 24mm. I previously had problems with the zoom collar sticking at about that focal length and wider. Turns out the problem is the [$1,000+] AFS motor. I didn't spend the money so I basically have a 24-35mm lens to infinity and a 17-24mm lens to a couple of meters.

Not sure if this provides any guidance.

[gstark]

From the "Bleedin' obvious" bin ... does this lens have a focus limiter, and if so, what's it set set to?

[Reschsmooth]

And yes the focus limiter was not on.

Gary, question already answered

[barry]

Had a quick play with it on my D200 this morning and the bloody thing worked. I was going to try Patrick's suggestions.

The sticking has happened to me a couple of times now. The first time was a while ago and if I recall I think I fixed it by removing the lens and replacing it again. I'm wondering if it could be a poor connection.

I'll be using it at Bathurst this weekend and will see if it plays up again.

Interestingly I don't recall ever having had the problem on my D70.