I heard a Nikon today....(canon user)

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I am a canon user and during a trip to the hospital to see a friends baby.

Out pops a Nikon camera by another visitor, not sure which, it was quite small and plastic so assume along the same line as a 450d? Me being me trying to be nosy without being nosy lol..... Heard the shutter and I must say it sounded pretty sexy, better than my 50d.

Now this bugs me! Lol
 
yep, apparently you can mute it in the menu, it's just a sound effect.






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Robbo said:
I am a canon user and during a trip to the hospital to see a friends baby.

Out pops a Nikon camera by another visitor, not sure which, it was quite small and plastic so assume along the same line as a 450d? Me being me trying to be nosy without being nosy lol..... Heard the shutter and I must say it sounded pretty sexy, better than my 50d.

Now this bugs me! Lol
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Lol! I have a D700 and it does sound very nice indeed! And the low light is simply astonishing!!
 
Due. You want to hear the shutter on my Hasselblad. The Nikons get scared.
 
I always thought my 350D/550D 'snapped' and my D80 'crunched'.

I like the minimalist 'snip' shuttersound of the Leica M6, but the M8 goes 'snip-whirrrrrrrr', a little like those old fixed-focus film compacts. You can disconnect the 'whirr' from the 'snip' if you so choose to make it quieter, but it's still gotta 'whirrr' at some point.

Onamatopoeias, anyone?
 
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Nikon cameras do have a nice 'clacky' shutter.
My 40D sounds a little more electronic. Have to say, it's never bothered me in the slightest.


My friends K20D sounds like a kalashnikov!
 
There was a photography TV programme on a while ago on CH5 with Suzi Perry, most of you have seen it and they faked the shutter noise of a DSLR with a horrible sounding noise like an electric whirring noise, damned horrible it was, almost Polaroid like.
 
Nothing like Rogering a Rollieflex :gag:
 
scottthehat said:
when i had pentax nikon sounded so quiet no i have nikons olympus id the the best ive heard(but still dont want one,
mind you the pentax k5 is quiet.
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The dampened shutter on the E-1 is definitely one of the quietest shutters I've heard. It's funny how some people react to the shutter noise, a few years ago I was at a wedding with a DSLR when they were fairly rare in the hands of non-professionals. Many other guests were keen to take some pictures with the camera to hear a proper mechanical shutter rather than the usual sound effect on compacts and phones.

I'm disappointed the micro 4/3 cameras haven't been able to offer a silent electronic shutter mode as they have a noticeable shutter noise which isn't always preferable. The D700 has a real 'whack' which sounds pretty good unless you're trying to be quiet.

John
 
Canon shutters sound very "synthetic" whereas the Nikon makes a solid noise.

IMHO.
 
DrRusty said:
Canon shutters sound very "synthetic" whereas the Nikon makes a solid noise.

IMHO.
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The 450D and other 000D models sound like a mouse being slapped. However, the 1Ds and 1D cause earthquakes every time the shutter goes, and is more akin to a "ka-chunk" ~rumble...

I've got a 30D as well and the shutter on that sounds very weak and lame - I've actually wondered whether it's knackered before now.
 
I thought 1000Ds made the same "eeeep" sound that 000ds do?
 
This thread has inspired me!

I have just decided to film the D3s at 9 and 11 FPS and I was shocked to find that at 9 FPS it hit 130 shots in less than 14 seconds! Not bad, put it in crop mode it polishes all 130 off in less than 12!!! :gag:

Videos are going up now will update you guys when they are up!

Chris
 
D60 sounded better than D300. :/
 
DrRusty said:
Canon shutters sound very "synthetic" whereas the Nikon makes a solid noise.

IMHO.
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Tend to agree, but only on the basis of my olllld 350D, that sounded awfully synthetic. 40D a bit more 'manly' but not as pleasant as my friends Nikon :(
 
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