Expanding my Gear Camera advice please

Noa Put · February 19th, 2017, 04:50 PM

Anyone installed the latest 1.2 firmware on the g80? My camera got a lot more silent after that update, before the IBIS was quite noisy, worse then my gx80, now they sound the same.

Phil Stanley · February 20th, 2017, 12:31 AM

Thanks for reminding me :) , I'll be uploading this week

Steve Burkett · February 20th, 2017, 08:12 AM

Updated both the GX80 and G80 with the new firmware and both barely make a sound. Haven't done a full test yet, but initial handling shows a marked improvement. Perhaps as part of the procedure, I could hear an audible thud from the camera on my work desk once the update was complete. First time I heard it, it was from the G80; it made me jump and I turned round thinking something had fallen onto the desk, but no it was the camera. Heard the same thud from the GX80, just a bit quieter. Not sure how it ties into the update, but thought I'd mention it as I did wonder if something had happened to the camera.

Noa Put · February 20th, 2017, 08:38 AM

My g80 had a very noisy IBIS when I first got it, a grinding sound that you could clearly hear from a meter distance in a silent room, on my gx80 you could only hear the IBIS if you held your ear close to it which is why I was disappointed about the g80. Good that the firmware update solved this.

February 19th, 2017, 04:50 PM	#46
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,510	Re: Expanding my Gear Camera advice please Anyone installed the latest 1.2 firmware on the g80? My camera got a lot more silent after that update, before the IBIS was quite noisy, worse then my gx80, now they sound the same.

February 20th, 2017, 12:31 AM	#47
Phil Stanley Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: London Posts: 148	Re: Expanding my Gear Camera advice please Thanks for reminding me :) , I'll be uploading this week __________________ Phil Stanley

February 20th, 2017, 08:12 AM	#48
Steve Burkett Trustee Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Romsey, UK Posts: 1,261	Re: Expanding my Gear Camera advice please Updated both the GX80 and G80 with the new firmware and both barely make a sound. Haven't done a full test yet, but initial handling shows a marked improvement. Perhaps as part of the procedure, I could hear an audible thud from the camera on my work desk once the update was complete. First time I heard it, it was from the G80; it made me jump and I turned round thinking something had fallen onto the desk, but no it was the camera. Heard the same thud from the GX80, just a bit quieter. Not sure how it ties into the update, but thought I'd mention it as I did wonder if something had happened to the camera.

February 20th, 2017, 08:38 AM	#49
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,510	Re: Expanding my Gear Camera advice please My g80 had a very noisy IBIS when I first got it, a grinding sound that you could clearly hear from a meter distance in a silent room, on my gx80 you could only hear the IBIS if you held your ear close to it which is why I was disappointed about the g80. Good that the firmware update solved this.