Zoom is stuck

My Handycam is great except the focus is stuck on extreme zoom-in. Neither of the two wide/telephoto buttons will work. It needs a new lithium battery....does that control the infrared light beam too? or will changing the battery not affect my problem? When I turn the camera on, I can see the lens retract but then it comes right back out and stays there.

hannibalmoe Mar 15, 2008

Sony camcorder also went to zoom by itself when using and seems to be stuck there
Anonymous Apr 02, 2008

my zoom wont move in or out. reset to factory settings, replaced memory battery., charged battery nothing different

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Posted on Jan 08, 2008

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