I do feel that the K20 is a crisper/quieter/more pleasing sound than the K10. Nobody cares at this point, but I'm in charge of the trivial. If I were a wedding (or funeral) photog I'd appreciate the quieter K-7. Jack
--- On Sat, 7/18/09, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: K20 Shutter noise. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 9:30 AM > Bertil, > Saying 'click versus clamor' is an excellent comparison of > K-7 vs K20. > I don't think it's as much mirror as shutter on the K20. > On the K-7, the sound includes some lower register notes. > I think they are coming from the mirror box. > Overall, the K-7 is quieter and sounds more damped. > Regards, Bob S. > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Bertil > Holmberg<[email protected]> > wrote: > > The K-7 shutter is quiet. It is also fast which > perhaps may reduce the > > percieved sound too. > > > > Try to say the words "click" and "clamour" in the same > voice and you see > > what I mean ;-) > > > > However, what we are noticing is not really the > shutter but the mirror > > mechanism, isn't it? > > > > Bertil > > > > 18 jul 2009 kl. 12:41 skrev [email protected]: > > > >> Probably came from the same people who say the out > of camera jpeg's are to > >> soft. > >> > >> I find the shutter noise on my K10D is quiet > enough, and the jpegs > >> sharp. I have to do a lot more work on the D200 > ones. > >> > >> Maybe send these reviewers an SF-1 and or a 6x7 to > compare. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:18 PM, P. J. > >> Alling<[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm getting a bit tired of reading all these > reviews of how noisy the K20 > >>> shutter is. ?Last night I was at an event > where there were a couple of > >>> other > >>> photographers with their DSLR of choice, a > Nikon D90 user and a Sony > >>> user, > >>> (I think he was using an A100, it had two > dials, on either side of the > >>> prism > >>> anyway), both commented favorably on how quiet > the shutter was on the > >>> K20. > >>> ?I don't know what the reviewers are comparing > the K20 shutter noise to > >>> but > >>> it sure isn't other real world DSLRs. > >> > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
