Strange sound

Eastside Parkway

Eastside Parkway

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Okay, first I need to get this out of the way: I dropped my camera the other day. It was about a three-foot fall from a table to a soft carpet. When I picked up the camera, the autofocus seemed completely nonfunctional. I turned off the camera and turned it back on, and it worked fine, and I used it for the rest of the night without any problems.

Today I turned on for the first time since then, and the camera produced a very loud humming noise. I switched off the autofocus and the bulk of the humming disappeared, but the camera was still humming louder than I remember. I switched the autofocus back on, and the loud humming returned.

Also, when I switch the zoom from manual to servo, it makes a very loud and very painful click when I press the rocker for the first time.

Is it repair time or is this normal?
 
Well, my DVX100a hassnt suffered a 3 foot fall yet, but it is showing the simptoms you describe, I believe what you are hearing is perfeclty normal. My camera hums with the autofocus enabled, pretty lowdly, but only in 60i mode (progressive off), and only when establishing focus (i dont shoot 60i allot, even less with autofocus, so its never bothered me). About the Clicking sound when you switch to SERVO, I believe this is just the mechanism locking into servo mode, ive heard it since day one with my camera. The only thing im not sure about is the constant hum of the camera getting lowder since the fall. that might be a problem, but all the others, I think are normal characteristics, that is if my camera isnt screwd aswell...
So i dont think you have that much to worry about.
If anyone knows any better, please correct me if im wrong.

Good Luck
 
I think you should have it looked at. In any event, your camera should not be humming or making noises, I would think that would interfere with your audio while shooting.
 
thankfully mine isn't exhibiting any noise, but it was dropped two years ago. bad/good thing the anamorphic lens "broke" its fall and suffered for it. so my lens took one for the team. :)
 
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