Others on the list compared the photos I presented of the DS mirror
box and the D mirror box. There is a structural difference and,
playing with the two cameras in the shop, they have a different
timbre to the noise they make.
I sometimes think the DS makes a loud and clattery sound, but then I
snap six or seven exposures in a quiet room and find that no one
noticed. At other times, such as when shooting from the hip or from a
tripod, I don't notice it myself. The other day I was at the camera
shop and looked at a Nikon FM, my camera of 20 years, and was
somewhat amazed at how noisy it was compared to the DS. Compared to
the Sony R1, of course, it sounds like a drumstick hitting a snare
drum ... the Sony is next best thing to totally silent (once you turn
off the "simulated shutter" sound and all the beeps and boops).
I find it interesting how perceptions shift with the context of use.
Godfrey
On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:54 AM, John Bailey wrote:
Rick and Lucas,
Thanks for the replies. I noticed that in the reviews
that the istD did not sound the same. And that the
tests were done in a very empty sounding room. (a lab
maybe?) The review tests are really frame rate tests
against the "std" C/N cameras. I agree that my film
slrs are louder probably because the mirror is bigger.
My istDS has a high pitched sound that I really
notice, but then, it's up in front of my face!
John
