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Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 144
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2012 - 08:31 pm: | 
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The reason I ask, is that I have recently acquired an FG, and the shutter sounds distinctly different than the FG-20 which I have had for years. The FG sounds more like the FA, with a "shhhh" sound at the end.
I assumed that because the FG and FG-20 were so similar that they would have the same shutter.
Does my FG sound different because it needs servicing (like the Canon squeak)? |
John_s
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Username: John_s
Post Number: 73
Registered: 07-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 - 02:31 am: |
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I've got an FG which makes a sort of whirring noise when you take a picture - it sounds a bit odd but it works fine. |
John_s
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Username: John_s
Post Number: 74
Registered: 07-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 - 01:24 pm: |
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Thinking about it again - I had an FG20 some time back, I can't remember noticing anything unusual about the operating noise. |
George
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Username: George
Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2012
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 06:41 am: |
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I too have a FG with a distinctly strange sounding shutter. A 'wheeze' as the shutter opens and close. I have a FE and the two sound very different.
It sounds rather similar to a Canon AE-1.
Is this normal for this camera? |
John_s
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Username: John_s
Post Number: 109
Registered: 07-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 08:41 am: |
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My FG also makes this noise. I think it's normal. |
Hovaness
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Username: Hovaness
Post Number: 84
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 10:13 am: |
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I believe that that the FG has an additional damper in the mirror mechanism that changes the sound. The FG20 and EM lack this refinement. Note that the self timer can be used to minimize vibration in the EM/FG family, since it releases the mirror before the timed delay on the shutter. |
