Little noise inside my Minolta Z10...

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Hello !

When I shake my new Minolta Z10 from back to front and front to back, I ear
a little noise inside, just like a piece of plastic travelling inside (it
seems to be near the viewfinder, but it's dificult to locate...)
I borrough about that...
Is it normal ?
If somebody has the same camera, can he tell me ?

Without this noise, I think the Z10 is a very good digital camera for a low
price !

Thanks for your answer.
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Regards,
Alf92

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Gerrit 't Hart wrote:
>
>
> What is the meaning of the word "borrough"?

bothered? maybe

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Alf92 wrote:
> zog a dit ça :
>
>> Gerrit 't Hart wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the meaning of the word "borrough"?
>>
>> bothered? maybe
>
> sorry for my not very good english speaking...
> yes I wanted to say "bothered"....
>
> any answer to my question about the little noise ?
> thanks.

Been answered in another group or two.

Some cameras sense orientation and the machine makes a noise as it
switches. Mentioned in at least one manual I have seen. I hope yours is
one of them.


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Frank ess

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"Alf92" <alf92[NO-SPAM]@freesurf.fr> wrote in message
news:41d7e61c$0$20274$636a15ce@news.free.fr...
> Hello !
>
> When I shake my new Minolta Z10 from back to front and front to back, I
> ear a little noise inside, just like a piece of plastic travelling inside
> (it seems to be near the viewfinder, but it's dificult to locate...)
> I borrough about that...
> Is it normal ?
> If somebody has the same camera, can he tell me ?
>
> Without this noise, I think the Z10 is a very good digital camera for a
> low price !
>
> Thanks for your answer.
> --
> Regards,
> Alf92

I don't have a Z10, but I very briefly owned a Minolta Z1 which made a
considerable clunking noise as a result of the lens barrel being rather
loose. You could hear the clunking even when the camera was still inside the
box, when the box was moved. Does it sound like it might be that? That was
more when the camera was moved side to side though, not front to back.

Others mentioned the same thing about the Z1 so I guess it was a fairly
common thing, at least with the early models. This evidently is normal for
some cameras, e.g. at least some Olympus models have a quite loose lens
barrel which reportedly is deliberately designed that way.

N.

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Nostrobino a dit ça :

> "Alf92" <alf92[NO-SPAM]@freesurf.fr> wrote in message
> news:41d7e61c$0$20274$636a15ce@news.free.fr...
>> Hello !
>>
>> When I shake my new Minolta Z10 from back to front and front to
>> back, I ear a little noise inside, just like a piece of plastic
>> travelling inside (it seems to be near the viewfinder, but it's
>> dificult to locate...) I borrough about that...
>> Is it normal ?
>> If somebody has the same camera, can he tell me ?
>>
>> Without this noise, I think the Z10 is a very good digital camera
>> for a low price !
>>
>> Thanks for your answer.
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Alf92
>
> I don't have a Z10, but I very briefly owned a Minolta Z1 which made a
> considerable clunking noise as a result of the lens barrel being
> rather loose. You could hear the clunking even when the camera was
> still inside the box, when the box was moved. Does it sound like it
> might be that? That was more when the camera was moved side to side
> though, not front to back.
> Others mentioned the same thing about the Z1 so I guess it was a
> fairly common thing, at least with the early models. This evidently
> is normal for some cameras, e.g. at least some Olympus models have a
> quite loose lens barrel which reportedly is deliberately designed
> that way.
> N.


I went to the shop and I compare with other Z10 : same strange noise !
It is normal.

Thanks.
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Regards,
Alf92 http://frpn.free.fr