marcpaul wrote:Thanks for the tests. I can confirm both my 6Kpro's (that have been returned) sounded very close. Your newer 6K sounds worse. Still waiting for the 3rd replacement from B&H. How BM thinks this is an acceptable fan noise, for field sound use, is beyond me. My 4K is near silent, in comparison.
Thanks for the update.
My first P6K is a little louder than my P4K but still just had the sound of air moving with a little fan sound. The new P6K has the whine/buzz which is the issue. It's not the volume, it's the pitch that's the problem.
The exact comment from Blackmagic is:
"Our repairs team have assessed your camera and I have also been down to take a look and the unit is performing as we would expect, your unit outputs a very similar noise to our lab unit and we have confirmed that this is expected behaviour.
There will be slight tolerance differences between different cameras as this is just the nature of manufacturing, your unit is not louder than our lab units and the fan is not catching inside, it may be that your other PCC6K is quieter than most."As you say, it's staggering that the company thinks these levels of fan noise are acceptable. And frustrating that they clearly can make them quieter, it appears to be down to luck of the draw with the manufacturing process.