I agree about the Super S/Super Program sound. The one that came attached to my A50/1.4 was sold immediately mainly because of its sound. I was surprised to hear it. Used to the ME Super and MX, I had expecter the Super Program to be an updated version of the ME Super. It is instead a lot more plasticky and bad sounding.
j On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:44:52 -0600, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > -- Juan Buhler - SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Posters Chair http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
