Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M6 certaintly is a quiet camera, much more stealthy than any reflex I've ever owned. However, if near silence were the major criteria by which I was choosing what camera to use, well here's my list in decending order of "quiet-ness": 1. Mamiya 6 2. Rolleiflex 2.8F 3. Canon QL-17 3. Rollei 35S 4. IIIf 5. M6 - --- Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html