Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M6 is probably quieter, but it concentrates all its noise into a very small interval of time. The E-1 spreads it out a bit more. That said, the E-1 is one of the quietest DSLRs I've ever met. --Peter At 10:37 AM 2/19/05 -0800, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: >Speaking of class....I brought an M6 to class, and my E-1, to pass >around the M6 so the kids could get an idea of what a range finder is. I >talked about, among other things, people's belief in the importance of >working with a near silent camera, and said that everyone has this >belief that the M6 is about as quiet as it gets - after a Rollei TLR >;-). I then fired the M6 in the silent class room, and fired off the E-1 >DSLR. And the students told me the E-1 made less noise than the M6...:-)