Strange Wire Thingy

ozamora · 28th of April 2009 (Tue)

I'm new to this but here goes. I have a Canon digital Rebel xTi 10.1 megapixel. If I remove the lens and look inside the camera, there is a thin wire that runs near the top of the mirror and appears to almost touch it. This wire runs from one side of the opening to the other side of the opening. Doe nayone know if this is supposed to be there?

basroil · 28th of April 2009 (Tue)

If it doesn't affect the operation of the camera, don't bother it. Could just be part of the mirror system or something that fell out from inbetween plastic parts. Best course it to not do anything, and if it's a problem, send it to get fixed.

Perry Ge · 28th of April 2009 (Tue)

Welcome to the forum.

Do you have another camera? Can you post a pic?

ozamora · 28th of April 2009 (Tue)

Not exactly, I may have a friend who can do that for me tomorrow. The camera appears to work fine. At first I thought it looked like a long cat hair, but it appears to be fixed to something. I just thought it was weird that it runs so close to the mirror. Of course if the mirror is to move anywhere, it would seem like it would flip down and actually travel further away from the wire in question.

28th of April 2009 (Tue)	#1
ozamora Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	Strange Wire Thingy I'm new to this but here goes. I have a Canon digital Rebel xTi 10.1 megapixel. If I remove the lens and look inside the camera, there is a thin wire that runs near the top of the mirror and appears to almost touch it. This wire runs from one side of the opening to the other side of the opening. Doe nayone know if this is supposed to be there?

28th of April 2009 (Tue)	#2
basroil Cream of the Crop Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: STL/Clayton, MO\| NJ Posts: 8,015	Re: Strange Wire Thingy If it doesn't affect the operation of the camera, don't bother it. Could just be part of the mirror system or something that fell out from inbetween plastic parts. Best course it to not do anything, and if it's a problem, send it to get fixed. __________________ I don't hate macs or OSX, I hate people and statements that portray them as better than anything else. Macs are A solution, not THE solution. Get a good desktop i7 with Windows 7 and come tell me that sucks for photo or video editing. Gear List

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Perry Ge Batteries? We don't need no... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto/Hong Kong Posts: 11,952	Re: Strange Wire Thingy Welcome to the forum. Do you have another camera? Can you post a pic? __________________ Perry \| flickr \| C&C ALWAYS welcome \| Gear POTN Toronto \| Sharpening sticky \| Perspective sticky [READ THIS]

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ozamora Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	Re: Strange Wire Thingy Not exactly, I may have a friend who can do that for me tomorrow. The camera appears to work fine. At first I thought it looked like a long cat hair, but it appears to be fixed to something. I just thought it was weird that it runs so close to the mirror. Of course if the mirror is to move anywhere, it would seem like it would flip down and actually travel further away from the wire in question.

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