On 25 Mar 2005 at 15:03, Frantisek wrote: > > MS> How quite is the Leica *exactly*? Are we talking fox in carpet slippers > MS> > here? > > Not that exactly, in my opinion. > > It's "noticeably" <g> quieter than the MX or ME Super. That said, I > had both MX and MES and I liked the sound of MX more. YMMV, as both > have a different "feel" to the shutter sound. > > With a wide lens and good DOF, you can prefire the MX's mirror (the > main cause of the sound) and click the shutter a bit later (composing > without the viewfinder) for about same quietness as the Leica. > > The quietest are usually the digitals, EVF and beamsplitter "SLR" like Olympus > E-10. They have no sound at all (if you turn off the recorded "shutter" sound > many of them have). Of course, the digital noise is awful at low levels where > you usually need a quiet shutter and their viewfinder is ugliest seen in both.
I agree with your assessment, the Oly E-10 is the quietest SLR camera I've ever owned (or expect to own), pity its low light performance was so relatively poor. Next comes my Mamiya 7, it has in lens shutters which are very quiet, winding on however is a little noisy. Getting into noisy territory are my Leica M bodies, then by a margin again the *ist D. Then lastly my Pentax 35mm film cameras, none of which are quiet unless compared with my old P67 was so noisy it could wake the dead. :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
