Quiet digital camera?

BJ in Texas wrote:

> Many of the P&S models are very quiet if you turn-off
> any annoying beeps. However, SLRs are by their very
> nature noisey. You have to get that mirror out of the way
> somehow.

Sorry to hear that about SLRs.
Are some SLRs more quiet than others?

Luk
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:08:39 -0400, luk <luknofurther DeleteThis @comcast.net>
wrote:

>BJ in Texas wrote:
>
>> Many of the P&S models are very quiet if you turn-off
>> any annoying beeps. However, SLRs are by their very
>> nature noisey. You have to get that mirror out of the way
>> somehow.
>
>Sorry to hear that about SLRs.
>Are some SLRs more quiet than others?
>
>Luk

Yes, and some elephants are smaller than others.
SLRs are by their very nature more noisy that P&S cameras. The quieter
SLRs are still noisier than the P&S variety.
If you want a quiet camera for candids, I think you want a small,
non-intrusive P&S; a SLR will make most people stop acting natural.
Good luck!
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luk wrote:
> I like to shoot people who aren't posing
> for the camera. But a noisy shutter
> makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
> cameras are most quiet? Any price range.

Any non-SLR can (normally) be made fully silent,
since there's no mirror or (mechanical)
shutter.

BugBear
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luk wrote:
> I like to shoot people who aren't posing
> for the camera. But a noisy shutter
> makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
> cameras are most quiet? Any price range.

BTW, with a 100mm (35mm equivalent) zoom
lens, you can often be far enough away
from the subject that noise is less
of an issue anyway.

Ditto for waist level viewfinder;
much less obtrusive in use.

Oh, and DON'T use flash!

BugBear (also into candid portraiture)
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bugbear <bugbear.DeleteThis@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> wrote:
|| luk wrote:
||| I like to shoot people who aren't posing
||| for the camera. But a noisy shutter
||| makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
||| cameras are most quiet? Any price range.
||
|| BTW, with a 100mm (35mm equivalent) zoom
|| lens, you can often be far enough away
|| from the subject that noise is less
|| of an issue anyway.
||
|| Ditto for waist level viewfinder;
|| much less obtrusive in use.
||
|| Oh, and DON'T use flash!
||
|| BugBear (also into candid portraiture)

Flash would be a give-a-way.

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luk <luknofurther DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:
|| I like to shoot people who aren't posing
|| for the camera. But a noisy shutter
|| makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
|| cameras are most quiet? Any price range.
||
|| Luk

Many of the P&S models are very quiet if you turn-off
any annoying beeps. However, SLRs are by their very
nature noisey. You have to get that mirror out of the way
somehow.

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Cuz wrote:
> bugbear <bugbear RemoveThis @trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> wrote:
>>> luk wrote:
>>>> I like to shoot people who aren't posing
>>>> for the camera. But a noisy shutter
>>>> makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
>>>> cameras are most quiet? Any price range.
>>>
>>> BTW, with a 100mm (35mm equivalent) zoom
>>> lens, you can often be far enough away
>>> from the subject that noise is less
>>> of an issue anyway.
>>>
>>> Ditto for waist level viewfinder;
>>> much less obtrusive in use.
>>>
>>> Oh, and DON'T use flash!
>>>
>>> BugBear (also into candid portraiture)
>
> Flash would be a give-a-way.

So would the focus-assist lamp provided in some P&S cameras.

I use a Panasonic LX1; fully quiet, f-a can be turned off, up to 112
mm equivalent long end of a 28-mm-to zoom. No viewfinder.

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luk <luknofurther DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:
|| BJ in Texas wrote:
||
||| Many of the P&S models are very quiet if you turn-off
||| any annoying beeps. However, SLRs are by their very
||| nature noisey. You have to get that mirror out of the way
||| somehow.
||
|| Sorry to hear that about SLRs.
|| Are some SLRs more quiet than others?
||
|| Luk

Sure some SLRs are quieter than others, but none are
totally quiet like you could achieve with a P&S.

Shooting pictures with an SLR from a distance using a
telephoto does help reduce the problem. I find that not
many people like having a camera stuck in their face
anyway.

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In article <-L6dnccIjfUebHzZnZ2dnUVZ_s2dnZ2d.DeleteThis@comcast.com>, luk says...

> > Many of the P&S models are very quiet if you turn-off
> > any annoying beeps. However, SLRs are by their very
> > nature noisey. You have to get that mirror out of the way
> > somehow.
>
> Sorry to hear that about SLRs.
> Are some SLRs more quiet than others?

The Sony R1 while not being an SLR has a big APS-sized sensor and is
quiet, because it has no mirror.
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"luk" <luknofurther.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I like to shoot people who aren't posing
> for the camera. But a noisy shutter
> makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
> cameras are most quiet? Any price range.
>
> Luk

With my Panasonic FZ30 I can shoot at over 600mm (35mm equivalent) at 3mp,
and with the image stabilization, without a tripod. It's great for candid
shots.
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"luk" <luknofurther.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote

> I like to shoot people who aren't posing
> for the camera. But a noisy shutter
> makes my subjects nervous. Which digital
> cameras are most quiet? Any price range.

As others have said, any non-SLR can be configured to be virtually silent.
One of the few P&S cameras around with swivelling LCD screens (or bodies)
would be ideal for candids - I use a Coolpix 995.

To show how close you *can* get without being noticed, see
http://mykoalabear.netfirms.com/slides/Thumb%20Sucker.htm This was taken at
a distance of about 500mm!

Paul
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Olympus has SLRs that are perfectly quiet.
Just set the no-beep and no-shutter sound effects.
(These are fixed-lens "slr"s. Not 'true' SLRs to many people)
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John wrote:
>
> Olympus has SLRs that are perfectly quiet.
> Just set the no-beep and no-shutter sound effects.
> (These are fixed-lens "slr"s. Not 'true' SLRs to many people)


Hello, John:

Are these "perfectly quite" Olympus digicams really SLR types, or are
they of the so-called "ZLR" (Zoom Lens Reflex) variety?

The modern ZLR features an EVF (electronic viewfinder), instead of a
DSLR's rackety reflex mechanism, which utilizes mirrors or prisms. This
accounts for an EVF-based ZLR's silent operation, when its sounds are
turned off.

I own two such (Kodak "super zoom") cameras, a DX6490 and a P850.


Cordially,
John Turco <jtur.DeleteThis@concentric.net>
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