Hi Derby, I got to play with a friend's S5i a few weeks ago- IIRC, the focusing did sound a bit odd, but more like someone sitting on a beanbag rather than grains of rice in the camera. The sound I got didn't particularly sound like a rattle. You could try shaking the camera just to see if it does have something broken off inside, but I'm thinking it's unlikely.
Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derby Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: Crunchy focusing on Optio S5i > > Hi all, > > Back from a quick biz trip to Hong Kong. On the way (in Sydney, rather > than HK), I picked up an Optio S5i to play with. Not really my first > digcam, but at least one that I can have on me all the time. > > I didn't notice it at first, because I was playing with it on the plane, > but once I got into a quiet room, I noticed that the focusing on the cam > has a curious rattling sound, like little grains of rice being shaken > inside the camera. It's been behaving normally - the pix are fine. But > before I embarrass myself in front of the saledroids at the duty free > shop, I thought I might ask this learned group, is this normal? > > Didn't see that much in the HK shops to interest me - things were about > the same price as duty free here. Then again, I only had time to wander > around Stanley St in Central Hong Kong, so this was probably a bit more > expensive than out in Kowloon. > > What was with this odd "public holiday" last saturday that meant 2nd > hand gear couldn't be sold? > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc > > >
