Which is the most silent Nikon?

[cmo]

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]

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

 

[vlasta]

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

 

[Jeff Kubach]

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

Jeff

 

[MattCarey]

Rangefinder?

 

[lxdude]

Most silent or least noisy?

 

[fstop]

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

 

[BobD]

The F4 has a "quiet mode"

 

[Selidor]

My old F5 told me it had a quiet mode.


It lied.

 

[benjiboy]

The Nikon SP.

 

[Bill Burk]

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]

Nikon F4 on "CS"

 

[bblhed]

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]

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

 

[cmo]

I like the answers And I will try an F4.

 

[j-dogg]

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

 

[Brian Legge]

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

 

[lxdude]

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]

I like the answers And I will try an F4.

Thats an adventure from which; you won't recover

 

[semi-ambivalent]

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]

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

 

[fstop]

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]

Of my Nikon's the F100 is the quietest.

 

[guitstik]

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]

Thats an adventure from which; you won't recover

Why that?