Most satisfying shutter sound?

[MattKing]

I loved the contrast between the shutter sound and the winding sound of the Koni-Omega that I had for a while.
"snick" vs. "pump shotgun".

 

[bdial]

One of my favorites is the sound of a Nikon F with it's motor drive, for the particular reason that it got me out of a recurring assignment shooting a particularly boring and obnoxious award ceremony. Instead of my usual discrete Rollie, I signed out the F "because it would save missing shots because of reloading". Never got asked back.

Otherwise, my favorite is whatever I used to make the most recent exposure.

 

[AgX]

Probably the oddest shutter sound I've heard is from my Polaroid Image 1200. Unlike the SX-70, if you keep the shutter release depressed, the film won't eject until you release the release (very useful for being discreet and fortuitous if you don't want to eject Impossible film in bright sunlight). Anyway, just pressing and holding the release makes a sound like a one-inch steel ball falling into an empty wooden dresser drawer -- at least that's what it conjures up for me.

Being discreet with such sound....?

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Being discreet with such sound....?

Well, nobody thinks the sound is from a camera!

 

[RattyMouse]

Fujifilm GF670W. Absolutely 100% inaudible except in THE most quietest room imaginable. So quiet that Fuji put an LED light in the viewfinder to let you know it tripped. You can't hear it, even with the camera up to your eye.

 

[mike c]

When I was a Wedding photographer the sound of my Hasselblad was really reassuring and I liked it, but now that I don't photographs weddings, the very quiet Rolliecord is nicer.

 

[M. Axel Wikstrom]

Nikonos V

 

[Sirius Glass]

Nikonos V

What does that sound like? Surf breaking?

 

[mshchem]

Leica rangefinder, Graflex Super D, RZ67.
I still love my Nikon F2 MD-2 . I think that was the sound effect most used in movies in the 70's through the 80's .

Leica cameras put people more at ease because they are so quiet. Fast DSLRs just freak people and animals out.

 

[polka]

Harley-Davidson ! maybe Minox35 too

Polka

 

[iakustov]

FED2

 

[nbagno]

I can only compare the cameras I have. Won't list them all, about 10 or so but the one I like best is my Nikon f5!

 

[craigclu]

Konica Hexar AF in silent mode.... just a faint whisper.

 

[M. Axel Wikstrom]

What does that sound like? Surf breaking?

Similar to a Leica, but more "dampened" probably due to the solid brick-like mass of the camera.

 

[itsdoable]

I like the Bronica EC TL, a pleasant mechanical sound, much like the Hasselblad 500c, but a little longer and more sophisticated.

 

[acey]

Hasselblad 500C/M

 

[Sirius Glass]

Hasselblad 500C/M

You got that right ===> The Hasselblad Series V cameras

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Ha ha - Hasselblad - the sound is satisfying because it means your camera isn't jammed.

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Ok - just kidding. The hassy sound to me seems a bit "old-fashioned". But the motorized ones are pretty sweet.

 

[TonyB65]

I like to know where I stand and it's always good when your subjects know where they stand as well, so obviously the Pentax 67, it was great of Asahi/Pentax to add recoil to the camera as well, just in case I missed the shutter firing...a neat touch.

 

[guangong]

I have three: the authorative slap of the Hasselblad, the discreet click of Rollei TLR and the swoosh of Leicaflex.

 

[Alan Gales]

I like the Bronica EC TL, a pleasant mechanical sound, much like the Hasselblad 500c, but a little longer and more sophisticated.

I used to shoot EC's. First time I shot one I thought that I had broken the camera!

Great cameras, just loud!

 

[Arthurwg]

Hasselblad, no doubt about it. The sound announces great photography.

 

[moto-uno]

This is way too easy , it absolutely has to be my long gone Bronica S2 , as a mechanic for most of my adult life,
I just couldn't believe how anything that small could make so much noise and not be breaking every time I pressed
the shutter release ! Peter

 

[xya]

the solid "shlock" of a makina 67. and the nearly silent "whizz" of all my compur shutters.

 

[JC Arts]

The gentle sschnick of my Rolleiflex