I have a Minolta DiMAGE A200 that shakes when starting up and anti-shake will not turn on. (Icon is always red)

Really, you are talking about Konica Minolta Dimage Z6 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Anti-Shake Zoom:

MPN: 2806-301
Model: 2806-301

Optical Zoom: 12
Digital Zoom: 4
Maximum Aperture: 2.8
Maximum Focal Length: 69.9
Minimum Focal Length: 5.83
Maximum Resolution: 6
Maximum Vertical Resolution: 2112

In this link coudl find your User Guide: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 (down page, enter verification code to download user manual).

Hope helps (for free, remember to rate this answer).

With autofocus digital cameras, blurred photos are almost always a result of camera shake. You need to hold the camera still even after pressing the button, as there is often a short delay before the shutter fires.

Many digital cameras have a two-stage shutter press- first pressure causes the camera to focus, then the follow through pressure takes the picture. If you are rushing this, you may get unfocussed shots.

Finally, make sure that you have not left the camera in Macro mode. This is a special extreme close-up mode offered by some cameras, and it does not allow autofocus on objects at normal distances. The icon for Macro mode is a little flower. Some cameras have a "face recognition" mode that tries to find a face in the shot and focus on that, so check your autofocus modes to see if it is set to something odd like that.

The tracking servo motors and associated gears are damaged or misaligned. The purpose of these servos are to automatically adjust the lens positioning so that it seems the camera is almost stationary. When the anti shake is enabled, the lens locks onto a target and if the target moves, the servos move the lens to compensate for the offset. If you are experiencing screen shaking it means that the lens is trying to adjust but cannot because the servo system is damaged. It's quite possible that only one servo motor is functioning and the other is loose. It will require in shop repair.

On almost all newer cameras there is an anti-shake feature. AND it is almost always turned off by default. Go through your camera menus and look for anti blurr or anti shake, the icon is usually a hand or person with lines "moving" outside it (to represent shaking). Good Luck!

Check the anti-shake setting and turn it off to see if that is a problem. Batteries can affect that mode as well.

BIN IT!... :o( Minolta not exist anymore. SONY taken over. Try them if you really like the camera.

I had the same problem with mine, a minor fall cracked this, I disassembled the unit and one of the springs that hold the main sensor was broken, thus the sensor vibrates instead of "floating" when the camera is turned on. There are two possible solutions: The first is to get a faulty Z6 from eBay and get the parts (the main sensor assembly) and have it replaced. (If you are not comfortable working with 1mm screws, you'd better go with the parts to a camera repair shop and explain them the problem. The second solution is un-elegant but useful: If you disconnect the anti-shake circuit from the main board you won't have the annoying vibration at start, and the focus will work properly. I've done this and I am happy with the result (I rarely used the anti-shake feature, so I don't miss it). For reference, the anti-shake circuit ribbon is the one entering the mainboard just under the left side of the screen.


Ejoy.....
PS. if you have dark spots, chech that the sensor assembly is not too out of place or that a piece of the broken assembly is on the way. Realign it in place (and please don't touch it). and asseble tha camera back

• Switch camera on
• Select Menu Button
• Menu item 1
• Use controller to move down to anti-shake
• Use controller to move right
• select i) Disp + Exp ii) Exp only iii) Of

Go to http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/manuals/digital_cameras/dimage-z/dimage_z5/Z5_OM_E_.pdf for a Z5 manual

Minolta has been bought by Sony and they're very tight with parts for repair. Unfortunately, it'll have to be repaired by Sony. Go here for details: http://eservice.sony.com/webrma/web/index.do

Approximately 0.06 sec. (From when the shutter-release button is pressed down to when the exposure starts.) Conditions: Motion 60 fps live view, M mode (SS:1/30, f/2.8), after MF or single shot AF, and anti-shake off