Thanks guys, I suspected as much, it's a very poor system design to be so noisy (electrically). There is a significant differential in the noise levels between my K5 bodies so it does bother me, you can't have noise without vibration.
On 24 August 2013 00:50, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/23/2013 8:33 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm interested if your camera makes obvious noise when doing long >>> exposures or during the sensor clean cycle? >> >> My K-7 has a slightly audible whine or high-pitched buzz when the >> shutter is open. >> >> (I had always attributed it to the SR system, but upon further >> reflection, I think it also happens when SR is disabled. I don't have >> it with me to test right now.) >> > Due to the nature of the SR system even if SR is disabled the sensor shift > system is actively holding the sensor in place. > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
