20D - loud shutter?

[Croasdail]

So I pickec up a 20D today for my trip on Monday and since I have a 10D, it feels really simular - so that is goodness. But when I took my first shots - I could not beleive it. It has to be twice as loud as the 10d. Is this normal? I think the shutter is even noisier then my old film camera with transport. Could be I am just imagining it... but if anyone else has upgraded - I would love to know if any of you notice any difference.

[cc10d]

The 20D definately has a different sound than the 10D and due to the difference in sound tones and quicker timing, it sounds much louder to me than the 10D. I was worried it would alarm the subjects I like to photograph (animals, birds), but has not seemed to bother them any more than other cameras that I have used. I LOVE my 20D.. Neatest camera I have ever had.
Enjoy !!

[Toogy]

After using the 300D tonight, you are right the 20D's shutter is LOUD!!!
I usually like it, except during a wedding, it seems SO loud during the ceremony. I am seriously thinking of using the 300D for most of my ceremony shots.

[robertwgross]

It has to be twice as loud as the 10d. Is this normal?

Yes, don't you love it?

Mine goes THWAK, THWAK, THWAK so smoothly.

---Bob Gross---

[Toogy]

It seems to be just as loud with all my lens, EF-S & EF lens.

[Maxima]

Yes, the 20D is loud and much louder than the XT, but you get used to it after awhile, then all the other cameras are too quiet. :)

[Hellashot]

I've never heard a 20D go, but my new EOS-3 has a very loud sound. Maybe they gave the 20D the EOS-3 parts.

[Croasdail]

This is just a guess, but it may not be a louder shutter. It could be the lens.

I have a 10D which takes only the EF lenses. I bought the 18-55mm EF-S kit lens and modified it to fit it. With the EF-S lens on the 10D the shutter noise is much louder, and I attribute it to the hollow rear of the lens. The EF lens -- even the ones with the plastic mount-- are much more substantial than the EF-S lens that I have. The EF-S lens that I have has much less mass and therefore transmits sound more efficiently.

Is the 20D as loud with other lenses?

This is just a guess.

I tried it only with one lens - 17-40L - and there is a large difference between the sound made on the 20D versus 10D... guess I will use the 10D for sound sensitive situations....the 20D would have been very obtrusive last week at the US Open. I will try the 20D on my other lenses later and see if there is any difference based on the lense used.

At least I am not the only one who noticed the difference....

Cheers.

[Croasdail]

It seems to be just as loud with all my lens, EF-S & EF lens.

I think I am going to find the same....

[guitarman]

Yes, the 20D is loud and much louder than the XT, but you get used to it after awhile, then all the other cameras are too quiet. :)

Yes you are right on. After using my 20D for about a month I grabbed my wifes 300D (my old camera) and thought "what a wimpy sound" Loud hasn't bothered me.

[Simon Spiers]

Yes the shutter is loud ,but it did give an owl that startled look when I took the first shot:shock: . So you see ,it has it's uses:D