I refer to my Super A as the one that sounds like someone dropped a piano. ;-) The majority of the sound is from 'mirror return' not from the shutter or the mirror going up, copal shutters are quite quiet. The ME Super actually has a pneumatic cylinder and piston to return the mirror gently. It also has a spring loaded stop to catch the mirror on it's return. VERY advanced features for a camera in its price class. These two things are the reason for the difference in sound between the MES and the ME. It's also one of the reasons I feel the MES is one of the very best 'feature per dollar' cameras ever made. I still have, and use, 3 of them. Probably keep using them till film goes away for good.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Mat Maessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Quietest Pentax > > > My Super Program makes a very distinctive "kerchunk!" sound when the > shutter fires. This contrasts to the muted click noise that the ME > super makes. A stealth camera the Super Program is not... > > -Mat > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:59:29 -0500, Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think that, in the original review of the Super Program, Modern Photo > > said that the Super Program's shutter sound was "clunkier" (I think that > > was the term that was used), in that its sound was stretched out over a > > longer period of time. >
