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Help, just wondering if this is normal.

When I shake (gently) my camera near my ear, I can hear this soft rattling sound. To my untrained ear, it sounds like what I would think the prism or mirror will sound like. Is this normal ? or should I take it to maxwell.

I think you'll find the sound you hear is the sensor that tells the camera which way it's being held (it automatically tags images as portrait or landscape orientation - there is a sensor that senses this).

Now, why you'd be shaking your camera is another question

Wheeeeeeewwww, you don't know how relieved I was to hear that Just tried to just turn it 90deg back and forth and near my ear and got the exact same sound. Thanks alot for that

As to why did I do that ? well.......thats another story

Trying to shake the dust out? Trying to mix the shots up?