Which is the most silent Nikon?

cmo · Oct 8, 2011

Yesterday I used an F and an F2. The F was more silent. I tried a Nikkormat FT2 and EL side by side, the EL is louder.

What do you think is the most silent of all Nikons?

Pinholemaster · Oct 8, 2011

I share your opinion that the original Nikon F is the most silent.

vlasta · Oct 8, 2011

Nikon F with mirror lock up.
I was playing with this yesterday and was supprised how quiet it is.

Jeff Kubach · Oct 8, 2011

If you are worried about being quiet you can use ear plugs!

Jeff

MattCarey · Oct 8, 2011

Rangefinder?

lxdude · Oct 8, 2011

Most silent or least noisy?

fstop · Oct 8, 2011

The one I shot in the view finder and threw in Long Island Sound.

BobD · Oct 8, 2011

The F4 has a "quiet mode"

Selidor · Oct 8, 2011

My old F5 told me it had a quiet mode.

It lied.

benjiboy · Oct 8, 2011

The Nikon SP.

Bill Burk · Oct 8, 2011

MattCarey said:
Rangefinder?

I was thinking that too... S2 beautiful and would probably fit well next to the F.

I'm always amazed that the Nikon F kind of looks like a Contax...

nikongod · Oct 8, 2011

Nikon F4 on "CS"

bblhed · Oct 8, 2011

fstop said:
The one I shot in the view finder and threw in Long Island Sound.

Actions like this are why The Long Island Sound is so polluted, it is a not a dump.

Pumalite · Oct 9, 2011

I will vote for the Nikon F and F-4. After al; I can't hear.

cmo · Oct 9, 2011

I like the answers And I will try an F4.

j-dogg · Oct 9, 2011

My Nikkormat is pretty quiet, compared to my EOS 650 which is loud enough to shatter glass at 25 feet.

Brian Legge · Oct 9, 2011

The quiet mode on the F4 is just ... slower automatic film advance, right? I haven't found the camera all that quiet...

lxdude · Oct 9, 2011

bblhed said:
Actions like this are why The Long Island Sound is so polluted, it is a not a dump.

Hmm, quick question...if part of the Atlantic falls between Connecticut and New York, does it make a sound?

Pumalite · Oct 9, 2011

cmo said:
I like the answers And I will try an F4.

Thats an adventure from which; you won't recover

semi-ambivalent · Oct 9, 2011

lxdude said:
Hmm, quick question...if part of the Atlantic falls between Connecticut and New York, does it make a sound?

It was a good thing for the monitor that I had just swallowed that coffee.

s-a

Colin Corneau · Oct 9, 2011

F4/F4S in 'silent' mode. The other cameras are great machines but big metal machines are never going to be mistaken for quiet.

fstop · Oct 9, 2011

bblhed said:
Actions like this are why The Long Island Sound is so polluted, it is a not a dump.

coulda fooled me

I was making a joke

I feel the F is slightly quieter than the F2 and F3

markbarendt · Oct 9, 2011

Of my Nikon's the F100 is the quietest.

guitstik · Oct 9, 2011

Bill Burk said:
I was thinking that too... S2 beautiful and would probably fit well next to the F.

I'm always amazed that the Nikon F kind of looks like a Contax...

They go almost hand in glove. I just recently purchased both cameras and I love the way the S2 feels and shoots infact I just added a 3.5cm/2,5 for it. As far as quiet, I think my Bessa R makes less shutter noise than the S2.

cmo · Oct 9, 2011

Pumalite said:
Thats an adventure from which; you won't recover

Why that?

Which is the most silent Nikon?

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