K-7 Shutter noise !

Mike.P® · 05-25-2009, 01:55 PM

Seems pretty quiet ... LINK

AlphaGAK20D · 05-25-2009, 01:59 PM

And the winner is....

K7 kicked @SS in that little test...

Edvinas · 05-25-2009, 02:13 PM

K-7 is quiteter, however is it really 5.2fps? It is definitely slower than Nikon which is supposed to fire 5 fps.

Mike.P® · 05-25-2009, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Edvinas

however is it really 5.2fps? It is definitely slower than Nikon which is supposed to fire 5 fps.

I wondered that myself.

kthung · 05-25-2009, 03:10 PM

It could be that the shutter speed was too slow so it couldn't fire fully at 5.2 fps, but it is definitely quieter.

solar1 · 05-25-2009, 03:26 PM

Low battery, early firmware, etc. I'm not concerned about it. Edit: Early non-production engineer version.

Originally Posted by Edvinas

K-7 is quiteter, however is it really 5.2fps? It is definitely slower than Nikon which is supposed to fire 5 fps.

**Peter Zack** · 05-25-2009, 03:53 PM

Ah the Specs for the Nikon read: 9Fps not 5. And the Pentax doesn't sound half as slow only a little slower. Nice and quiet though.

D3 - Continuous shooting at up to 9 frames per second: At full FX resolution and up to 11fps in the DX crop mode, the D3 offers uncompromised shooting speeds for fast-action and sports photography.

Nikon D3

D3X is 5 FPS

Edvinas · 05-25-2009, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Peter Zack

Ah the Specs for the Nikon read: 9Fps not 5. And the Pentax doesn't sound half as slow only a little slower. Nice and quiet though.

D3 - Continuous shooting at up to 9 frames per second: At full FX resolution and up to 11fps in the DX crop mode, the D3 offers uncompromised shooting speeds for fast-action and sports photography.

Nikon D3

D3X is 5 FPS

That Nikon isn't firing 9fps.

Mike.P® · 05-25-2009, 04:03 PM

After listening to it again it does sound on the last part like the Pentax battery is running low.

**Peter Zack** · 05-25-2009, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Edvinas

That Nikon isn't firing 9fps.

But it can and we don't know what mode each camera is in. The Pentax could be in RAW + and the Nikon in Jpeg. Or any other combination.

Plus you're comparing a $4400 camera against a $1300 camera that doesn't have the finished firmware.

Edvinas · 05-25-2009, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Peter Zack

But it can and we don't know what mode each camera is in. The Pentax could be in RAW + and the Nikon in Jpeg. Or any other combination.

I bet you haven't heard how it sounds when camera is firing 9fps. It's like a machine gun, that Nikon in video was not firing 9fps.

Originally Posted by Peter Zack

Plus you're comparing a $4400 camera against a $1300 camera that doesn't have the finished firmware.

I don't compare. I say that K-7 in video doesn't fire at the daclared speed of 5.2 fps.

**Peter Zack** · 05-25-2009, 04:44 PM

Fair enough. Regardless, it's darn quiet and a lot faster than the K20D. Cool to see how small it is against the D3. When you consider all the stuff packed in that little $1300 body, they have a winner here.

Robert S Donovan · 05-25-2009, 08:10 PM

D3 @ full trot YouTube link

I'm guessing both cameras were set to a manual shutter speed that resulted in ± 5.0 fps operation.

Robert S Donovan · 05-25-2009, 08:13 PM

Also, we don't know how many times that demo had been run prior to the beginning of this cut. The buffer could be full on one or both cameras.

Robert S Donovan · 05-25-2009, 08:33 PM

Just found this Swedish video review of the K-7. At 0:54 there is an excellent sound clip of the K-7 shutter firing at what sounds like a pretty good clip (though maybe not quite 5.2 FPS).

BTW, here is a clip of a Canon 20D @ 5FPS

PS: first time I heard this in person I got goose bumps