silent shooting in canon 40D

[bastic]

Simple question
Is there any way I can use silent shooting while not using Live view ?
Mode 2 is perfect for classical music concerts but I cannot get it on without switching Live view on heh
Thx

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

No way that I know of

 

[bastic]

sooooo......no one knows or there is no way ?

 

[CT]

There is no way unfortunately. The normal shutter on the 40D is the quietest I've encountered, but I can understand why you'd want to be quieter.

My old Nikon F4 had a silent shutter mode which was pretty damned good. I dunno why we can't have something similar in a modern DSLR.

The obvious answer is pick up a cheap rangefinder 35mm film camera?

 

[ruvor]

there may be a way to turn the LCD off, but for silent shooting to work i imagine the mirror has to be up, so to compose/focus etc liveview seems like the only option.

 

[big will]

Apart from using mirror lock up. But that would only make it silent for one shot, not really what you want.

 

[desantnik]

Your music is too quiet, do some decent metal instead

 

[33L]

you can get shrouds for the dslr which muffle the sound of the flapping mirror. Its like putting a tea cosy on your camera but it does the job!