On 8/1/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > One thing I observed about the bear was that he (or she) didn't like > the sound my camera makes. The *ist emitts a "whirt" when the > aperture stops down, a not too loud mirror/shutter sound, another > "whirt" to open the aperture and finally a fairly annoying > high-pitched film advance. The whole sequence is not very loud, but > every time I clicked the shutter he would turn and move away a few > yards. Then I had to wait a while before trying to get another photo. > > Thanks again!
Buy a Leica RF. Or, an MX (the quietest mechanical SLR I've heard). Don't use an LX - the mirror "clunk" will have him chasing you off the mountain! <LOL> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
