Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. I recently shot a wedding in a church in Dallas where the minister would only allow rangefinder cameras without motordrives to be used during the ceremony! Leo > ---------- > From: Austin Franklin > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:51 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Is the issue of camera noise over-rated? - Talk amongst yourselves...:-) > > B.D., > > > Yes, the unobtrusiveness of the Ms is great. But first off, they are not > > nearly as silent as we think they are. Yes, if there is any kind of > > background noise, the "click" disappears - but so does the whine of a > > single SLR. > > Having photographed many young children for quite a few years now, I find > that ANY of the SLRs I have used can be very distracting, and the M never, > and I mean never, gets noticed when I take the picture. I can see, at best, > a little flinch subsequent to the firing of the SLR, but never see that with > the Leica. Of course, this is very situation dependant...at a kid's > birthday party, you could shoot with a Howitzer, and not be noticed. > > > Second, what is really important is the way the photographer works, the > > way he or she relates to the subject, and not the decibel level of the > > camera." > > Hum. That's true in some, but not all, situations. In fact, with the M, > I've had some people actually ask if I've taken the picture! I never get > that with any of the SLRs I have! > > Regards, > > Austin > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html