BirdWoman 0 #1 February 19, 2009 My sony PC9 decided to have an issue on Sunday. After opening it zoomed all the way in all on its own...twice. It is fully enclosed in a skysystems XJacket box and there is nothing in the box that could hit the zoom slide. The slide is even taped down so that if something were to hit it, it wouldn't move. So another vidiot said that he had the same problem with one of his other cameras. He "fixed" the problem by taking the zoom slide OFF. Now my camera is all jacked up becasue it is stuck in full zoom in and no matter what I do, I can't get it to move. I did manage to get it to zoom back out a little, but then it zoomed in all on its own. It's stuck! Has anybody else encountered this on a PC series? Am I fucked, is it worth trying to find somebody to fix it, or should I just start looking at a new camera now?"I don't know where it is that I'm going, but wherever it is there I'll be!" --quoted by me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 February 19, 2009 Throw it out. Sony wants about $350 to fix any of their cameras, the smaller shops quoted me $275-500 to fix my HC3. You can get another used PC9 for less then that off eBay or pick up a new camera for less then $700.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BirdWoman 0 #3 February 19, 2009 Damn. That's what I was affraid of. I'm just wondering what would have caused the initial problem in the first place. My old PC100 never did anything like this... "I don't know where it is that I'm going, but wherever it is there I'll be!" --quoted by me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdazel 0 #4 February 19, 2009 Bummer. I have two PC9's and a PC5. No zoom issues with any of them. I recently picked up a brand new PC9 on Ebay for $135. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
