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[schimmey]

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Good afternoon all,

I know that a lot has already been written about the noise of the shutter so apologies for bring this back up 🙂

If have found that when turning the camera off the shutter closing sound is very quiet and delicate. When switching the camera on, however, it is a much louder (relative to that of closing). My question - the action is the same, just in reverse, so why is it that the two sounds noticeably different? 

Thanks.

Paul

[jdlaing]

When opening all the blades are hitting the stop and when closing only one blade is bottoming out. 

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[Jeff S]

51 minutes ago, schimmey said:

My question - the action is the same, just in reverse, so why is it that the two sounds noticeably different? 

 

Kind of like opening vs closing a door, only in reverse.

Jeff

[schimmey]

Thanks both. Makes sense 🙂