Loud Cameras Breaking the Mood... and the Silence?

[faberryman]

Have you heard the cacophony of DSLRs firing off when the President gives a press briefing or someone testifies before Congress? It is staggering. And not helped by everyone shooting nine frames per second. Perhaps when people shift to mirrorless cameras with electronic shutter things will quiet down.

No-one noticed or cared except for the guy next to me who started giggling.

It is kind of hilarious.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Reading this thread has given me an idea. I have been invited to shoot performances by members of the Mingus Big Band and various classical musicians and always used a Leica M camera, or if close enough, a leaf shuttered Retina. Once or twice I used a Rolleiflex TLR. Next time, if close enough I'll try my 645 folding Fuji with leaf shutter. While perhaps okay for weddings and rock& roll, I feel that an slr of any size would be an annoyance for dramatic readings or music that listeners must listen with concentration.

Canadians have cool Christmas tradition. It must be Nutcracker ballet.



I googled for tickets once and to be not in crowded Toronto. Niagara-on-the-Falls came. And cheap. Time goes close and ... I'm realizing it is in America. Not on Canadian side. And it is in casino.
So, we booked hotel and went. During ballet one ( . ) was walking behind sitting rows and taking images with DSLR every three seconds. Not only shutter was loud, this moron has AF confirmation beep on.

After Nutcracker we went for some local shopping. People were going nuts. It appears what next morning the snowstorm was coming. We woke up much more earlier and I spend one our to get snow and ice of the family van. Driving back with visibility next to zero and frequent stops to get ice from windshield was fun.

Now I'm into another Canadian tradition, get wasted at home while watching "A Christmas Story", which was surprisingly partially filmed at Canadian city nearby and in the same Niagara region....

 

[Cholentpot]

Have you heard the cacophony of DSLRs firing off when the President gives a press briefing or someone testifies before Congress? It is staggering. And not helped by everyone shooting nine frames per second. Perhaps when people shift to mirrorless cameras with electronic shutter things will quiet down.


It is kind of hilarious.

Rabbi gets to the climax of the sermon "And so, as Alex joiCLUNKSCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKuCHUNKank you.'

 

[Helinophoto]

Have you heard the cacophony of DSLRs firing off when the President gives a press briefing or someone testifies before Congress? It is staggering. And not helped by everyone shooting nine frames per second. Perhaps when people shift to mirrorless cameras with electronic shutter things will quiet down.


It is kind of hilarious.

Even more hilarious if you check how they fire their machine-gun cameras....as soon as the president or someone "does something", like moving a hand, or having a certain expression.....the machine-gunning goes insane.

 

[jim10219]

Sound dissipates by the inverse square law, so usually what you, the photographer with the camera right next to your head, will hear will be exponentially louder than what others around you hear. Also, the amount of ambient noise and reflective properties of the room will have a big impact on what you can get away with. So for instance, if you're in an empty concrete room with just one or two other people and no air conditioner or other white noise source, just about any camera will be too loud. And if you're in a crowded bar packed with drunk people and furniture, then no camera is going to be heard. So camera choice isn't that big of an issue, since the difference between a loud shutter and a quiet shutter will be dwarfed by all of the other factors. Besides, what's more distracting than the sound is the sight of the cameraperson moving around (or flashes!). Most of time if you don't see the camera, you don't notice the sound (unless the room is dead silent). But if you see the camera person, then you'll think every click you hear is coming from them.

 

[Arklatexian]

Sound dissipates by the inverse square law, so usually what you, the photographer with the camera right next to your head, will hear will be exponentially louder than what others around you hear. Also, the amount of ambient noise and reflective properties of the room will have a big impact on what you can get away with. So for instance, if you're in an empty concrete room with just one or two other people and no air conditioner or other white noise source, just about any camera will be too loud. And if you're in a crowded bar packed with drunk people and furniture, then no camera is going to be heard. So camera choice isn't that big of an issue, since the difference between a loud shutter and a quiet shutter will be dwarfed by all of the other factors. Besides, what's more distracting than the sound is the sight of the cameraperson moving around (or flashes!). Most of time if you don't see the camera, you don't notice the sound (unless the room is dead silent). But if you see the camera person, then you'll think every click you hear is coming from them.

The quietest camera I ever used at a wedding was one I used as a favor to a friend of mine who had scheduled two weddings at the same time. The camera was a 4x5 Pacemaker Crown Graphic, the film TriX Film Packs (not Grafmatics). In those days film packs had twelve films per pack. I shot three packs using a Stroboflash II electronic flash. The slight "pop" of the flash was louder than any sounds the camera made. I did not tear off the paper that you used to pull the film into position until after the film pack was finished. Then I took the spent film pack out and inserted a fresh one. My friend processed the film and seemed to be pleased with the results. The customer picked wedding pictures from 36 negatives, not 5000. They seemed happy with the results also.......Regards!

 

[guangong]

Summicron has much sharper ears than mine that he can hear the difference between the shutter of a Rollei TLR 3.5 and 2.8. I have to admit that when using my 2.8F to photograph a bear and cubs on my patio they all scampered offf when I pressed the shutter. Interesting because gun shoots down seem to disturb them.