On 6 December 2010 17:21, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Miserere wrote:
>
>> On 6 December 2010 10:06, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I read your description, otherwise I have no opinion, I'm still using a
>>> K20D.
>>>
>>> The difference in motor sound could be accounted for from the difference in
>>> body composition.
>>
>> I was wondering about that, but they don't sound similar. Anyone else
>> think the different bodies can change the sound so much?
>>
>>
>> —M.
>>
> Similar but different sound issue: I have two K20D bodies which replaced two
> K10D bodies. Which in turn replaced two *ist-D bodies. Which replaced two
> MZ-S bodies. Since at least the MZ-S period, my practice has been to have one
> body with added vertical grip, one without. Bigger heavier lenses go on the
> body with the grip attached. With the K20D I noticed that the shutter sound
> on the two bodies was different, one much quieter than the other. While at
> GFM in 2009 I asked John Carlsson (sp?) about the difference, wondering if
> one was somehow defective. We went through a series of comparisons of the two
> bodies, with and without grips, with different lenses mounted, etc.
> Conclusion was that they both sounded the same as long as they both had a
> grip attached (or not) and as long as they had the same lens attached. But
> the variation in dampening effect produced by the different attachments was
> quite dramatic. I presume that I had not noticed the difference on earlier
> body pairs simply because the shutter was basically louder to start with, and
> therefore there was a smaller percentage change due to dampening factors.
>
> I would not be at all surprised to hear that the same AF motor in two
> different bodies would sound quite different.
>
> stan
Thanks Stan, that's interesting. I'll disassemble both AF motors this
evening and test them outside their respective bodies, that way I'll
know for sure.
—M.
PS: It's "Carlson".
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