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XF 16-55/2.8 Aperture Ring Jitter Sound

Started May 7, 2021 | Discussions
qosmiko New Member • Posts: 1
XF 16-55/2.8 Aperture Ring Jitter Sound

Guys, I found myself worrying about this lense.

The thing is that during focusing I almost barely hear linear motors inside, but what I hear is an aperture ring motor, that does something like a chatter sound. I attached a sound of it here. Please take a quick look.

https://youtu.be/pz3eNLaq140

I want to know is it normal or not? I do have 35/1.4 and 23/2.0 and I dont hear so much noise from aperture ring inside these lense so I'm asking you whether is it normal or not? Does someone have this lense so we can compare?

Thanks in advance!

notchy
notchy Contributing Member • Posts: 713
Re: XF 16-55/2.8 Aperture Ring Jitter Sound

qosmiko wrote:

Guys, I found myself worrying about this lense.

The thing is that during focusing I almost barely hear linear motors inside, but what I hear is an aperture ring motor, that does something like a chatter sound. I attached a sound of it here. Please take a quick look.

https://youtu.be/pz3eNLaq140

I want to know is it normal or not? I do have 35/1.4 and 23/2.0 and I dont hear so much noise from aperture ring inside these lense so I'm asking you whether is it normal or not? Does someone have this lense so we can compare?

Thanks in advance!

That's pretty much what the aperture blades in my copy sound like. If yours is damaged, so is mine, I think

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Mike1988 Regular Member • Posts: 137
Re: XF 16-55/2.8 Aperture Ring Jitter Sound

qosmiko wrote:

Guys, I found myself worrying about this lense.

The thing is that during focusing I almost barely hear linear motors inside, but what I hear is an aperture ring motor, that does something like a chatter sound. I attached a sound of it here. Please take a quick look.

https://youtu.be/pz3eNLaq140

I want to know is it normal or not? I do have 35/1.4 and 23/2.0 and I dont hear so much noise from aperture ring inside these lense so I'm asking you whether is it normal or not? Does someone have this lense so we can compare?

Thanks in advance!

I've similar problem with my 18-55, but as I can see the iris move very fast in your case, no problem at all. In my case when I leave the shutter button iris moves with slower steps causing flickering in the image view. Camera never let the iris wide open under bright light apart from manual mode and no exposure preview, and that's why it's moving constantly. (iirc 16-55 was quieter in fact)

You can find the thread here with some clips of my 18-55 problem to verify if also your unit shows flickering.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4518295

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