silent shutter no longer silent

[amyinthecity]

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Hi!  Newbie Leica owner here.  I've been using my Leica Q for a few months on the silent mode (no sound for anything) and suddenly, today, the shutter is making a fairly loud clicking sound when I shoot a picture.  I checked my "acoustic signal" settings and everything is set to "off."  I changed some settings and returned them to off (hoping it just needed a boost!) and that didn't work.  I then reset the camera and that didn't work, either!  The shutter makes a click no matter what.

 

I'm worried I have broken my camera somehow -- and hope you all have some ideas for me.  Thanks so much!

 

Amy

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[amyinthecity]

Ok, so I just found that it's the "electronic shutter" that was on "extended" and if I put it on "always on" now it's silent again!  I don't know how that got changed.....or if it's a bad thing to always be on?

So much to learn....

[dancook]

The silent Electronic shutter can cause banding in some artificial light or it can cause rolling shutter in scenes with movement.

the mechanical leaf shutter will work up to 1/2000th - whilst it isn’t silent, I wouldn’t call it loud. 

[amyinthecity]

Good to know -- thank you!!!