Tim, The primary point of the sound tests is to confirm framerate. For that they are adequate.For determining shutter sound, they are useless as you describe.
-Adam Tim Øsleby wrote: > Dpreview is a fine source for information, but these shutter sound tests are > not worth their bandwidth. > > To put it politely; Phil is not a sound engineer ;-) If you listen > carefully, you will hear that recording are made in different rooms, with > the microphone placed far away in some cases and closer in other. I wouldn't > be surprised if he is using different medias too. This has a major impact on > the results. > In short, the tests are far from comparable. > > WJHTWAS ;-) before making any conclusions. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J > and K Messervy > Sent: 20. september 2006 13:25 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Pentax shutter sounds > > Is it just me or is anyone else disappointed with the shutter release sound > of the Pentax cameras? I know it isn't an important consideration and I'd > never allow it to sway my decision on which camera to buy, but after having > > a look at the DPReview review of the D80 (just curious about the competition > > for the K10D) and the shutter release sound is so much better than that of > the K10D. The K10D sounds the same as my DL and is very whirry. > > I can't see why they can't engineer a nicer sounding shutter. > > Maybe I'm just bored..... :) > > James > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
