dutyhog

I suppose it was a quiet time of day for most forum users, and I wouldn't eant to leave the question unanswered once I knew about it.

OK, I know now that EFE use the front curtain and closes mechanically (so noisy), but it wasnt obvious to me that M+E does as well, and I had thought that EF+M+E could use EF or ES depending on shutter speed. Now I've tried out every combination and the camera is OK and I know how to keep it quiet when I want it to be.

I must add now that the effect isn't consistent. I had only been trying EFE front curtain, ME mechanical & electronic, and EFME electronic front & mechanical. None of these were silent when using the shutter speeds that should be electronic. But I just tried using ES for the first time and it does have a silent shutter.

Why do I hear the mechanical shutter sound when using my X-T3 electronic shutter? Whatever shutter type I chose I still hear what sounds like a mechanical shutter. I confirmed what shutters I'd chosen by checking the EXIF data. I've turned off all sounds in settings (except Self-timer beep volume) - AF beep volume OFF, Operation volume OFF, Shutter volume OFF. It sounds as loud as a DLSR mirror flipping - I thought I'd get away from that with a mirrorless camera. Apart from not wanting wildlife subjects to hear a sound I also want to reduce the chance of vibration. Gordon

The update went well, apart from switching off my usually permanent boost. I use a button for changing the bracketing settings, but now it doesn’t work - instead I get a display of what setting has been made in the menu.