G3 Noise from body

koolcam1986

1 Jun 2012 - 11:39 AM

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My friend has a Panasonic G3 which i have been playing with, so to speak and when you have the camera up to your eye and press the shutter release to focus you can hear an electrical buzzing noise from the camera. Only when you press to focus. It is not the noise of the lens adjusting but an electrical buzzing from the body.

Is this normal? Can someone try with their one? Thanks

mikehit (e2 Member)

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1 Jun 2012 - 11:59 AM

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Maybe it is the lens image stabiliser?

Carrera_c

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1 Jun 2012 - 4:19 PM

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Quote: Maybe it is the lens image stabiliser?

That's in the lens, not the body on the Pan M4/3 cameras.

Paul Morgan (e2 Member)

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1 Jun 2012 - 6:48 PM

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Try another lens, is it still happening ?

BERRY

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11 Jul 2012 - 10:35 PM

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I had a similar thing happen to me, but only with the 20mm f1.7 attached. Turned out it was a bad contact between lens and body(G3). I had the lens sent to Panasonic, who replaced it and the noise went away. It was coming from the camera body though and not the lens. Check your contacts on both body and lens(es).
Hope this helps.

kodachrome

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14 Jul 2012 - 7:12 AM

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Is it not just the electronic induced shutter noise which some people have critisised for sounding a bit false an the G3!!!

kodachrome

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15 Jul 2012 - 8:15 AM

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That sounds like the focus motor on focus lock, set every thing back to default and see if it does it in full auto mode. Or is it the AF/AE lock bleep when you press the button half way.