RE: K5 quieter than a Leica
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: > > At lest according to this guy's testing: > > http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103766 > > Someone at the camera shop happened to be there with a K5 when I was > there with the Olympus E-1 and they had an M6 and an M8 on display. So > I got to hear all three next to one another. [...] > > But they're all very quiet cameras, the E-1 and K5 particularly so for > being SLRs. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com I don't have the most reliable ears, having had mastoidectomies in both ears, and everything scooped out and eardrums patched up on various occasions, but even I can tell that the E-1 is quieter than the M8 - the M8 shutter sounds like a guillotine falling sometimes.. Not at all like the old shutter on the film bodies. B -- 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.
Re: K5 quieter than a Leica
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > How does the M6 sound when you advance the film? -T Very quiet. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
Re: K5 quieter than a Leica
How does the M6 sound when you advance the film? -T On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> At lest according to this guy's testing: >> http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103766 > > Someone at the camera shop happened to be there with a K5 when I was > there with the Olympus E-1 and they had an M6 and an M8 on display. So > I got to hear all three next to one another. > > Jury's out on absolute volume ... My ear is not a decibel meter! ... > but all four are very quiet and have a very nice quality sound too. I > think the M6 with film in it is subjectively a hair quieter than the > other three, as someone mentioned in the thread you pointed to, but > all of them are quiet enough that most people will hardly notice in > any normal room's ambient noise. The M8 (vertical travel metal > shutter) has a slightly more metallic click than the M6 (horizontal > travel rubberized cloth shutter). The E-1 and K5 both have a vertical > travel metal shutter and both have a very restrained click, the E-1 > seems just slightly softer on the mirror return noise. > > But they're all very quiet cameras, the E-1 and K5 particularly so for > being SLRs. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
Re: K5 quieter than a Leica
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > At lest according to this guy's testing: > http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103766 Someone at the camera shop happened to be there with a K5 when I was there with the Olympus E-1 and they had an M6 and an M8 on display. So I got to hear all three next to one another. Jury's out on absolute volume ... My ear is not a decibel meter! ... but all four are very quiet and have a very nice quality sound too. I think the M6 with film in it is subjectively a hair quieter than the other three, as someone mentioned in the thread you pointed to, but all of them are quiet enough that most people will hardly notice in any normal room's ambient noise. The M8 (vertical travel metal shutter) has a slightly more metallic click than the M6 (horizontal travel rubberized cloth shutter). The E-1 and K5 both have a vertical travel metal shutter and both have a very restrained click, the E-1 seems just slightly softer on the mirror return noise. But they're all very quiet cameras, the E-1 and K5 particularly so for being SLRs. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
K5 quieter than a Leica
At lest according to this guy's testing: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103766 -- 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.
