GF1 Loudness

[justins7]

As a longtime rangefinder user, I have been using the Panasonic GF1 for a few years. It's the first digital camera that I like and is useable to me. However, it is LOUD, especially in comparison to Leicas. It is a bit of a problem if you try to make stealthy shots.

Does anyone know if the Micro 4/3 cameras are as loud? (Like Olympus or later GF bodies.)

Thanks!

:bang:

 

[rlouzan]

Hi,

The nois is artificial, just like your camera phone. I expected someone to release a software addressing the problem but ...

Regards,
Robert

 

[justins7]

I don't think it is -- there is a shutter in the body.

 

[justins7]

My M6 is definitely quieter -- especially at slower shutter speeds.

I just found a similar thread on another forum:

http://www.mu-43.com/f57/gf1-shutter-noise-24025/

 

[jsrockit]

It's just part of that type of shutter.

 

[Sparrow]

... my daughters makes a faint snik higher pitched than the klump of a M2 but around the same volume ... it would have to be a really quiet opera for either to be a problem

 

[justins7]

But why is there even a shutter? I don't really understand why it isn't more like a cell-phone camera, constantly live until you capture the image.

 

[Jim Evidon]

My GF1 which I have been using since it first came on the market is quieter than my M8u and only slightly noisier than my M4P. In other words, very very quiet.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Hi,

The nois is artificial, just like your camera phone. I expected someone to release a software addressing the problem but ...

Emm...no, the noise from a Lumix GF1 is not artificial: it has an actual curtain shutter.

People perceive it to be "loud" given the size of it, and...usually people don't expect a real curtain shutter in such a little thing, which makes it seem louder than it actually is.

The sound is actually less obtrusive than, say, a Canon 5D, but definitely much louder than a Fuji Finepix point-and-shoot with the sound turned off.