Canon Sure Shot Mega Zoom 105 owners--shutter button question

I recently took delivery of the Sure Shot Mega Zoom 105, bought on eBay. Everything looks good, except that the shutter button requires

an inordinate amount of force to take a picture. The half-pressing is about what I'd expect to be "normal," but the actual actuation take a

LOT more effort, to the point that I initially thought it was broken. I've got a test roll in it and I'm afraid more shots than not will be blurry

due to the camera shake induced with the effort to take a picture.

 

Is this normal?

 

Thanks for any help.

<p>Mine is smooth, I think I'd return yours to the seller unless it was sold "as is".</p>

<p> Mine is smooth too. It's not like You can feel it mechanically... I mean, You feel the stop, but nothing more, button is not clicking again, You just press it harder an then it's releasing the shutter. <br /> When I lightly press a button it activates the diodes and all electronic systems, then I need to use twice the power to take a picture, but it don't require any unusual amount of force.<br /> <strong>Try to return it and get another one. It's a great camera with an excellent lens,</strong> as I mentioned in few posts... </p>

<p>Thank you both for the replies. I took it out again yesterday and finished the test roll. The shutter button's behavior is not consistent--sometimes it requires a lot of pressure, sometimes not so much. I'll see how the roll comes back. Given the pittance I paid for it, it'll cost me more to ship it back than the refund I'll get, so I'll keep it in any case. </p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

<p>Well, I got my test roll back and I must say the pictures put my mind to rest. There were no shakes or blur and the shots came out very nice. Here are a couple of my favorites from the test roll (Kodak Ultra Max 400):</p>

<p>World War II Memorial at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport:</p>

<p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7033931493_e3e126a280_z.jpg" alt="" width="438" height="640" /></p>

<p>My kids:<br>

<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7032445639_e8b3aa5d10_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="434" /></p>

<p>Thank you to both Stephen and Maciek for the confirmation of how the shutter button is supposed to work! Great (not so) little camera.</p>

<p>You are welcome. Great pictures. This is professional grade lens, nothing less...</p>