On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 09:18:54PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > David Parsons wrote: > > >You want to silence the mirror and shutter sound? The only way is to > >use a blimp. > > > Don't 'know that brand - does it take good pictures??? > > Actually, I can turn off all the sound on my darkside P&S Sx120 but > I can't shoot in raw or use my Da 55-300 > > Sometimes I really miss my K1000 and KX > > ann
You can turn the sound off on a digital P&S because the sound is a fake sound "because that's what real cameras sound like" (and also, possibly, to give you some feedback on when you actually ended up taking the picture after waiting for the camera to get round to it - shutter lag on a P&S can be very annoying). The sound from a DSLR is real - it's the noise made by the mechanical parts of the camera (shutter and/or mirror) moving. You would have had some of that sound even with a K1000 or KX; the actual shutter actuation, and the mirror banging around. It's noisier on a DSLR for several reasons. For one thing, everything happens fast - much faster than in those older all- mechanical bodies, with a fastest shutter speed of 1/1000s. The faster you operate any machine, the noisier it usually is. Plus the re-arming happens as part of the exposure; you don't have the option of splitting exposure and re-cocking into two separate parts, and doing the second part slowly and quietly. And, finally, not only does everything happen fast - you've also got extra noise from the electric motors doing the work. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
