>"Well, the MZ-S makes a noise when shaking it. It sounds like >a small metal ball that moves when shaking the camera. It's >located somewhere in the prism according to my ears. >Interestingly, according to the Pentax Image stabilization >patent, the camera, not the lenses, have vibration sensors. >Could this be what makes a noise when shaking the camera? >Most likely it's something entirely different, though; maybe >its just a sensor for determining whether the camera is held >vertically of horizontally used for metering. >I believe my former MZ-S also had the same "noise".
I think the Canon EOS5 employed the same technology to identify vertical and horizontal orientation. Or was it EOS10? regards, Alan Chan _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
