Mark Schretlen
mostly harmless
I have a GM670 and a G690. They both "ping" when tripping the shutter. It's useful in detecting enemy submarines.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Considering that my P67 makes a noise like someone dropping a trash can down a stairwell, this ping seems fairly minor to me! 
ssmc
Well-known
I missed this thread until today. The effort is much appreciated (I have a GW690III) and I hope you manage to get the ping resolved one way or another.
Scott
p.s. @ Keith - I was going to say something along those lines about the 645N I scored recently, except that I remembered that my (non-silenceable) phone camera is so much louder than the Pentax it literally scares the cats!
Scott
p.s. @ Keith - I was going to say something along those lines about the 645N I scored recently, except that I remembered that my (non-silenceable) phone camera is so much louder than the Pentax it literally scares the cats!
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
I have a GM670 with the electronic shutter AE lens, and it is almost inaudible.
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written on the road
JChrome
Street Worker
There's no way to resolve the ping noise, aside from getting a different camera.
qhoti
Established
Great research everyone!
I have just recently acquired a a GW690iii and i've been trying to find a way to at least muffle the noise, I wonder if it would be possible to put some window foam strips to kind of enclose the area where the noise comes from?
I have just recently acquired a a GW690iii and i've been trying to find a way to at least muffle the noise, I wonder if it would be possible to put some window foam strips to kind of enclose the area where the noise comes from?
JChrome
Street Worker
Considering that my P67 makes a noise like someone dropping a trash can down a stairwell, this ping seems fairly minor to me!
Hehe. I've shot with P67s and loved them but you're undoubtedly correct, their noise is much worse than the GW series.
I think what irks people is that the GW has leaf shutter lenses so they dream about it being silent. If it was silent, there would be almost no "cons" with it (aside maybe from the plastic and rubber covering). I don't care much anymore. This is the perfect medium format travel camera.
JChrome
Street Worker
I was thinking about that recently. There's not a lot of room in there though so you may need really thin foam. Also perhaps getting some small rubber spacers to go between the screws and their holes might help dampen things. There's just so much metal in there clanging and humming. You might fix the hum but the initial clang will be the hardest to fix. Unless you add some rubber to the metal tab that interfaces with the shutter in the lens, that might help more.
MikeL
Go Fish
JChrome, sorry you didn't get this post earlier, might have saved you some work (but it sounds like you had fun!):
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1709678&postcount=15
I didn't try anything back in 2011, but I just picked up a cheap GW690. I don't mind the sound, but for fun/curiousity/winter-project I'll try dampening the shuttle stop. It's abrupt stop causes both the clack and spring hum. Assuming the shutter is tripped before full travel of the shuttle, stopping it sooner with dampening material should lower the noise and hum.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1709678&postcount=15
I didn't try anything back in 2011, but I just picked up a cheap GW690. I don't mind the sound, but for fun/curiousity/winter-project I'll try dampening the shuttle stop. It's abrupt stop causes both the clack and spring hum. Assuming the shutter is tripped before full travel of the shuttle, stopping it sooner with dampening material should lower the noise and hum.