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My camera makes a faint clicking sound when moving from light to dark or back. What is that?

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My camera makes a faint clicking sound when moving from light to dark or back. What is that?

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It’s the sound of the lens aperture opening and closing to accomodate different light levels. The aperture is one of the few parts of all digicams that is still mechanical. • My credit cards are getting itchy. What are the Indispensable Accesories? My own ranking (for now): • CD-RW drive or similar mass storage • External Strobe • Tripod • (Lensmate for G1 or G2, and) filters • Extra battery • Additional lenses • Printer Check right here for a listing of the gear I (Bjorke) use. • Underwater & Cold Extremes Using a Powershot in very cold temperatures (below zero F) can be problematic for three reasons: batteries become sluggish and their life is usually reduced (including the AAs in your strobe), condensation can occur on the camera and lens, and the lubricants in the camera can freeze. Usually frozen batteries will be the first thing to get you in extreme cold the camera will just refuse to extend the lens, and the LCD will go white. Condensation can be more insidious, because water c

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