Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would agree with that the Rollei is very silent and with that people do not react to a sound that is not a kliche sound of a camera - I have a canon eos 100 with no sprockets and that is rather silent - my noisiest camera is either my 553 elx Hasellblad or even worse my Fuji GX680 that is a real loud monster - I am satisfied with my leicas M and LTM but rangefinders with central shutters are usually more silent then Leicas again for what it is worth :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:QUIET M7 > For what it's worth, I think it's not only the noise level that counts, > but the actual sound being > made. We are conditioned to associate certain sounds with actions, objects > etc. When people > think of the sound that a camera makes, it probably is the clich? SLR > noise you hear in every > movie or that is used in digital point and shoot cameras. A Leica M, LTM > or Rollei TLR doesn't sound > anything like that and often will not trigger a reaction, even if it is > clearly heard. I have quite often > fired my M only feet from some ones head and it was clearly audible, but > they never batted an eye. > I can't say the same about any SLR I have ever owned. > > feli > > > On Feb 20, 2005, at 5:26 AM, Phong wrote: > >> F?lix L?pez de Maturana wrote: >>> Some years ago the French magazine Chasseur d'Images run a test of the >>> quieter camera ever built. They do not include -of course- any SLR. >>> Using some sound laboratory gear the conclusion was the quieter camera >>> built was a Konica Hexar -fixed lens- followed, shortly, by a M6. Both >>> are in my arsenal but I do not agree. I thought the more silent camera >>> is my Rolleiflex Planar 2.8. Right now I cannot confirm my impression as >>> I have got severe audition problems, so practically I cannot hear none >>> of them but my noisiest camera a Zenza Bronica S2A which sounds more or >>> less like "katacrochka..." every time is shooted. As here we use to say >>> it awakes a dead man. > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information