The need for quiet is one of the reasons I occasionally dig out my ZX-M. Since it's manual focus no issue there, and the shutter auto advance are very low noise level in comparison from what I've seen.
> > > The question is: how much quieter is it? I find > > that I can't use AF on > > > my PZ1p in a concert hall because it's too noisy. > > Well, so's the > > > shutter mechanism but if I could get a quiet > > shutter mechanism and > > > quiet AF on a *ist-D, that would make it very > > attractive for me. It > > > could even be a quiet motor in the camera body. > > > > The Canon regular lenses are very quiet, the USM > > lenses are almost silent, > > unless you are a Rottweiler, in which case they seem > > to sound like > > fingernails scraping on a chalkboard. > > > > William Robb > > > ______________________________ > A Canona A2 with a USM lens is a stealth machine. > > ===== > > I get it done with YAHOO! DSL! > >