Problem with 5700

[DarkAngel]

Hi all,

I just bought a new 5700. I unpacked it all, charged the battery and turned it on, and heard a clicking sound coming from inside the camera. The only thing I can think of is that this may be the internal battery powering up. I havent really noticed any other problems, the only thing would be it is sometimes slow to respond to commands ie when you press the shutter release, but I put this down to a low battery? Can someone help?

Thanks
Joel

[Malcolm_J]

Hi,

I have a 5700, and I've never heard a "clicking" sound from inside the camera.

Is the sound continuous or repeatable, or did you only hear it once?

[DarkAngel]

I'm pretty sure now that the sound is the camera constantly refocusing. However, I didnt notice the sound when using other 5700's before I bought it. It is also slow to focus. I think it may be faulty.

Joel

[JCW3]

It may be defective, but then again it may not....

I have used the 5700 and found low light photography is not its cup of tea. I to found it to be very sluggish and slow in normal indoor house conditions.

Over all take it outside and give that AF a go, I am sure you will find it to be much faster...

As for the sould, it sould not be very loud. AF only gives a very quite click when it reachs max an trys again. I would go test another and compair it side by side...

[dugster]

I imagine if you went into menu you would find the cam is set to autofocus continous if I remember correctly...I rememeber it was the first thing I learned to turn off and use the half shutter press to focus..hope this helps

[ratcheer]

What dugster said.

Tim

[Malcolm_J]

Focus can take a while on my 5700, but the sound you're reporting does sound strange. I'd take it back to the shop and get them to check it.

[setiprime]

Dark Angel -
I'm sure by now you have figured out the noise from your camera is as you suspected - the auto focus constantly hunting for an object to grab onto. In your user settings - Turn it off - its a pain in the....... The single AF will speed up your shots considerably.

have I seen your posts on other forums lately ??