oo..yeah2.. understand.. more blades.. the rounder the aperture is..but picture wise..what does it do to the pic?

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Added on July 4, 2009, 10:24 pm

meaning it's the lens problem and nothing to do with body right?

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Jul 4 2009, 10:24 PM

Hi. I tried to google what it means by "gear stripping" and it turns out to be something to do with fast focusing and the lens etc? Do you mind elaborate it further coz I am really new into DSLR.

Is it a very serious problem?

Thanks.

nice.. congrats in advance moo..


ya la.. probably like that la.. all those camera sales usually no dslr one..


still can't afford my dream lens


nice bokeh

I tried switching on the camera just now and the problem still persists. I must say that the sound is so loud that I am utterly petrified now! I can even feel the vibration while holding the camera! I hope it won't spoil the sensor (((

Very sad. Why Sony fail on me?

have u tried another lens??

maybe...



yup, can be considered as serious problem, if u let it without sending for warranty claim, it will disabled the AF function in the lens..then u need to MF lor..

the sal 50mm 1.8 got in shashinki ka? i cant find it..

I don't have other lens. The one that I am using comes with the kit.

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Added on July 4, 2009, 10:41 pm

Sound bad. What usually causes this kind of problem? Coz I never drop it or anything....


This post has been edited by LeoDaVinci: Jul 4 2009, 10:41 PM

I saw this link. This is for a700. Got pic/diagram of some gears. Maybe your case similar to that. The teeth of the gear strip.

Sony A700 with gear diagram

remove the lens.. can still hear the sound or not?? if not, sure it's a gear stripping..

i tot u using nikon? or u have alpha too?



the cause? actually our kitlens built from plastic, so it cant last long..another factor is the camera itself always hunting for the AF point, the gear work hard to search for the AF point..

i think the way to prolong the gear life is always start focusing from 18mm to 70mm, not focusing at 70mm all the time, this will let the camera work too hard searching for the AF point..

mine also stripped edi after 6 month using it..

u can send back to sony service center if ur camera still in warranty period

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Added on July 4, 2009, 10:50 pm


usually not the teeth of the gear, but the parts that hold the gear broken..thats from what i observed from some of my friends' lens, mine included.

This post has been edited by vandechrome: Jul 4 2009, 10:51 PM

I found this from the internet:



Is this what it means by stripped gear?

The camera does not produce such sound when I remove the lens and turn it on. Seems like it really has got something to do with the lens.

I hope Sony Centre can fix this

yup..one type of gear stripping, if still have warranty, yes, sony can fix it for u for free...

Hey thanks a lot!

Will try to make a trip down to SonyCentre. Hopefully it won't take very long to get it fixed.

Oh my . Dat is bad. That's why sometimes, its just best to buy old manual focus prime lens. Your only worry is fungus.

yah2
got no problem with manual focusing... (as long not too dark)
but alien gun.... still need to find which shop cheapest or 2nd hand

now sony producing lens with internal AF motor, so this kind of problem will not be an issue already for the new 18-55mm kitlens..

SpOOkY: Oh yeah! Forgot that. Different combos for different countries.

lj0000: I can assure you that it is hard to create a picture that shows the unevenness of the aperture blades.

HiroBoroi: Nope, the gear stripping happens on the lens. It happens to plasticky lenses which have plastic geartrains - the Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO and Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG non-HSM are particularly prone to gear stripping.

According to International Camera, it also happens on Nikons (not sure if they meant Sigma on F mount, or Nikkors...)

LeoDaVinci: That's exactly it, the picture! That is a stripped gear.

went to Sony Center Wisma Merdeka, KKinabalu today and found that they have the A330. Handled it... although the body is small but not that point that I would not consider it as my potential 1st DSLR camera. I think, in time... my hands/fingers would get used to handling it.

Now waiting for payment (enough money) so that I'll be able to get me my first DSLR. I would definitely consider the A330...

I think tomorrow will go to the other Sony Shop in Karamunsing Complex to see if they already hv the a330. Id like to play around with it more

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Jul 4 2009, 11:20 PM

albert, how about noise controlling for sony a330 compare to sony a200 and a300?