Something moving inside my K10D

If I hold my K10D up to my ear and slowly rotate it about the lens axis, I can hear a soft thud from something moving inside. It's definitely in the body, not the lens, and it's completely repeatable. Nothing seems to be malfunctioning, and it hasn't had any impacts.

The only thing I could think of is the mechanism that allows it to know its orientation.

Can anyone confirm this?

it's the little imp that actually paints the pictures. It/He's/She's * probably trying to sleep and you keep rolling it/him/her off its/his/her bed.

* imps are are sexless, until dipped in iodine, then the sex that result is dependant and the iodine, iodate ratio of the solution.

Just tried this on mine, and I too feel this movement. I think it's the sensor moving within the image stability 'frame'.

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mine does this as well, I've always assumed it's the sensor moving on its mounting but don't know for sure.

No need to be alarmed. All K10D's (and probably all K100D's) make this noise. I believe it's either a part of the SR or dust removal mechanics which moves. It might of course be the mechanism for detecting whether the camera is in portrait or landscape orientation. If it's caused by the orientation or dust removal mechanics, K100D's will not exhibit this behaviour.