Sekonic 758dr multi meter Humming!!?

[Gary Tarbert]

I have just started using this meter and it makes a faint but audible humm.When you take a reading
I have used Minolta meters for years never heard a peep out of them.
Anybody else experience the same? Regards Gary

[chriscrawfordphoto]

The humming sound is from the Indiglo illuminator for the LCD panel. It should only do it when the backlight turns on (when you take readings in low-light it comes on automatically). I used to have an L-508, it did the same thing and i had it for a decade!

[Gary Tarbert]

The humming sound is from the Indiglo illuminator for the LCD panel. It should only do it when the backlight turns on (when you take readings in low-light it comes on automatically). I used to have an L-508, it did the same thing and i had it for a decade!

Thanks Chris, Yes it is only while the lcd panel is illuminated , Just have never heard a meter make a noise like that before , i'll get used to it and it should only happen when i'm metering in low light which is the only 1 project i've used it on so far (the exsposures were spot on). Cheers Gary

[CGW]

I have just started using this meter and it makes a faint but audible humm.When you take a reading
I have used Minolta meters for years never heard a peep out of them.
Anybody else experience the same? Regards Gary

They hum, though perhaps some more so than others. My 558 is audible only when I put my ear to it with the backlight on.

[tkamiya]

I have exactly the same meter and it does hum. I purchased this meter last year new. If I put back of the meter right up to my ear, it's fairly loud and clearly audible. I'd bet there is a DC/DC inverter inside for the illumination.

I wouldn't worry about it and until now, I didn't even know it hummed.... It's a great multi-purpose meter!