Quiet digital camera?

bugbear <bugbear DeleteThis @trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> writes:

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

Why do you say that? There's no reflex mirror, but all of the digital
P&S cameras that I have looked at have a mechanical shutter or a
combined shutter/aperture unit. Even with all the electronic beeps
turned off, there's still a mechanical shutter noise when you take a
photo. If you look into the lens, you can see it move during exposure.

This includes the Apple Quicktake 100, Canon G2, A200, A80, and S410.

I think the only still camera I have that has no mechanical shutter is
the (awful) one in my cellphone.

Dave