nivillard Posted October 17, 2018 Share #1 Posted October 17, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, Everything is in the title ! I've just bought a Leica Q after carefully reading this forum. But I fear there is some defect with the diaphragm system. When I first took the Q in hand I heard a little noise of something slightly moving inside the lense. When I put the battery and turned the camera on, the diaphragm fully opened and the noise couldn't be heard anymore. I did not try to close the diaphragm to a little aperture, but I believe this is the cause of that noise. I've never heard that kind of noise on my other lenses, so I believe this is a defect, isn't it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frans Kemper Posted October 17, 2018 Share #2 Posted October 17, 2018 I believe that the noise you are referring to is coming from the OIS. This is normal and nothing to be worried about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris O Posted October 17, 2018 Share #3 Posted October 17, 2018 I think Frans is right; mine does (and has always done) the same thing and I'm pretty sure it's the optical image stabilizer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bags27 Posted October 17, 2018 Share #4 Posted October 17, 2018 definitely nothing to worry about. worry when you no longer hear it 😀Enjoy your Q! BTW, there are a vast number of technical discussions on this board and this noise was discussed a couple of times in years past. You might want to go through some of those threads just to learn more about the camera. There are a lot of undocumented riches to this camera that we've uncovered and posted on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmschuh Posted October 17, 2018 Share #5 Posted October 17, 2018 vor einer Stunde schrieb nivillard: Hi, Everything is in the title ! I've just bought a Leica Q after carefully reading this forum. But I fear there is some defect with the diaphragm system. When I first took the Q in hand I heard a little noise of something slightly moving inside the lense. When I put the battery and turned the camera on, the diaphragm fully opened and the noise couldn't be heard anymore. I did not try to close the diaphragm to a little aperture, but I believe this is the cause of that noise. I've never heard that kind of noise on my other lenses, so I believe this is a defect, isn't it ? No, it's not a defect. The aperture sometimes opens and closes regardless of the aperture ring setting to adjust the brightness in the viewfinder. This makes a noise. And, as described before, the Image Stabilizer also makes noise. Everything is quite normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted October 17, 2018 Share #6 Posted October 17, 2018 Very normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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