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85mm lens focus noise anyone?

Started Nov 5, 2013 | Questions thread
viking79
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Re: 85mm lens focus noise anyone?

Fuzzfuzz wrote:

I hear it all the time if i have my ear near the lense and when its really quite. If you are young with good hearing you can probably hear it while some older folks(my mum and dad cant hear it) only hear it when its get cold.

I dont think it's something to worry about, i can hear it on all my pentax sdm lenses and some canon usm lenses.

This is a point I should have clarified: I hear my lens all the time as a soft chattering/whirring. When it gets cold it actually starts to make a slightly different squealing noise. More like a slipping noise. I would hope it is not the motor slipping, but could just be a rubbing noise of some internal component as well.

Eric

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