Re: Canon digital SLR question

Joe S. wrote:
I have two Canon film cameras -- EOS 630 and EOS Rebel-G. When the shutter
trips, the mirror flips up and down and the film advances all of which is
LOUD and noisy.

What happens when you trip the shutter in a digital SLR?? Obviously the
film doesn't advance but do you still get the mirror slap noise?

Yup. You get the mirror and the shutter noises, just like a film
SLR. Some DSLRs have mirror lock; I reflashed my Digital
Rebel to add the feature.

I'm looking for a quiet camera and it looks as though I'll have to go
backward in time to an old viewfinder camera or forward to the present to a
viewfinder digital.

My quietest camera is my Crown Graphic. Leaf shutter,
rangefinder focusing. Actually, all my vintage leaf shutter
cameras are very nearly silent, just a soft click.

My noisiest camera is my Pentax 67. Huge mirror, huge
shutter. Thwup...ka-CHUNK!

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