I exchanged my R6 since I had just bought it. My R5 pops occasionally but I use an external mic a lot of the time, which solves the problem. Who knows how widespread it is. I bet a lot of people only shoot stills.
My replacement R6 has not had any popping on the left channel. Maybe two or three times there was a noise on the right channel, but it's possible I bumped something with my hand.
Update. I got a replacement R6 from my retailer. I used it for a few days and no sign of any popping, on dozens of videos. Today there were two videos where there was a slight pop on the right channel right at the beginning of one video, and one on t...
I was remembering incorrectly. The reason we couldn't repro on the demo was that playback volume was disabled on the demo unit and we couldn't figure out how to get any sound even with headphones. I should have insisted we break out a new R6 that was...
Went to my retailer. Couldn't repro on their demo R6. Was only able to repro on mine if the camera had been turned off a few minutes. Happens with either memory card I have in either slot. Decided to stay with this unit for now. The first day I had i...
