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From all MFT-Cameras you've owned: which's shutter sound do you like best?

Started Feb 25, 2017 | Discussions
StevenN Senior Member • Posts: 1,551
GX85

nayooti wrote:

To me the camera's shutter sound is probably the key-criteria if I can fall in love with a camera or not.

Here is my list in descending order:

E-M1 > E-P5 > E-M5 > E-PM2 > E-P2 > E-M10 (ii) > E-M10

From the E-M1 to the E-P2 I really like the shutter sound. Unfortunately the E-M10 (ii) and the E-M10 I didn't enjoy much because of only that reason.

I am really interested in your list, specially when it comes to newer models.

The shutter of my Panasonic GX85 is one of the smoothest sounding I have ever heard. If the shutter of my Nikon D750 sounded as sweet (which I know it can't because of the mirror flap), I'd be one happy camper!

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hindesite Veteran Member • Posts: 4,893
Re: From all MFT-Cameras you've owned: which's shutter sound do you like best?

averagejoe576 wrote:

An interesting sidenote, I used to work for a computational simulation consulting company, one of the type of simulations we did was acoustic. We were contracted by a major FF camera OEM to develop an acoustic simulation model so that they could predict/optimize the sound their shutter would make. It wasn't spec'd to predict any performance relative behavior, only sound profile!

Thanks, that really doesn't surprise me. Knowing how much effort car manufacturers put into developing how various features of the car sound, I figured there was zero chance that at least some camera manufacturers didn't do the same for what really is one of the few externalities of the camera; and if they weren't doing it, they should be.

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doady Senior Member • Posts: 1,840
Re: Who gives a #@&% about shutter sound? (nt)
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You really can't think of any reason why a photographer would want a quiet and unobtrusive camera? Please think before posting.

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