[Alan Smith] "We did try out a varizoom controller but with no luck. It's not the one you have linked to though. We tried the VZ-PG-EX which seems to resemble that one."
Alan, did not work at all, or did it work, but the zoom was still sticky?
In looking at the VZ-PG-EX, it looks like mine except mine is silver (wish it was black). What about the VZPROEX
http://www.varizoom.com/product.aspx?productID=VZPROEX
Bob