Correct, I referred to "dust removal" operation which I triggered from the menu.
I haven't had a need to do open shutter manual sensor cleaning. On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Rob, I don't have any instruments to measure these things with. I can only >> re-iterate my report that for all practical purposes both K-5's that we have >> are silent as far as sensor cleaning cycle goes. >> >> I remember my K10d was making rather loud thumping noise in this situation >> but as I understand K-7 and onwards got new sensor cleaning routine. > > There are two possible interpretations of "sensor cleaning". I think > you're talking about dust removal at startup. My K-7 does not make any > noise for that. But when I'm cleaning the sensor myself (with a > blower), the shutter is held open, and it makes the same noise that it > does during a long exposure. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
