samoksner
Who stole my light?
I've been shooting quite a bit of theater, big stage, black box, improve, all sorts of stuff, but one incident recently left me a bit in shock.
It's dress rehearsal, and I'm taking some shots with the m6, just for fun in the hallway of the actors before the actual performance, which I'll shoot in digital, and one of the producers comes up to me and asks me about camera stuff, he had been taking some shots of the plays on his point and shoot... bla bla bla...
Before we head inside the theater to shoot, I ask to take a photo of him with the Leica. I take my shot and he says: "make sure to turn off that shutter sound for the performance."
I of course tell him that their is a real shutter in these cameras, you can't turn off the sound, it's a mechanical sound. He doesn't understand and tells me "yea... in the menu options..." I explain the mechanics of modern cameras ad such, but i was a bit disappointed that someone a bit more artistically inclined would think that all cameras were point and shoot.
He did give me a bit of a stink eye the whole night, i was shooting with a D700, which is not exactly known for it's discreteness, it's a nice sound, but a loud one. He did however change his mind when i emailed him some samples the next day!
Anyone else get similar reactions from people?
It's dress rehearsal, and I'm taking some shots with the m6, just for fun in the hallway of the actors before the actual performance, which I'll shoot in digital, and one of the producers comes up to me and asks me about camera stuff, he had been taking some shots of the plays on his point and shoot... bla bla bla...
Before we head inside the theater to shoot, I ask to take a photo of him with the Leica. I take my shot and he says: "make sure to turn off that shutter sound for the performance."
I of course tell him that their is a real shutter in these cameras, you can't turn off the sound, it's a mechanical sound. He doesn't understand and tells me "yea... in the menu options..." I explain the mechanics of modern cameras ad such, but i was a bit disappointed that someone a bit more artistically inclined would think that all cameras were point and shoot.
He did give me a bit of a stink eye the whole night, i was shooting with a D700, which is not exactly known for it's discreteness, it's a nice sound, but a loud one. He did however change his mind when i emailed him some samples the next day!
Anyone else get similar reactions from people?
chris00nj
Young Luddite
Haven't experienced that, but I always get annoyed when the point & shoot crowd leaves the shutter sound on at weddings during the ceremony.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
The shutter sound is fine when its a real camera, but on the digital point n shoots it is annoying, lol
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Surely some clever hacker can get into one of those little point and shoots and change it so that it 'farts' when you press the shutter!
Now that would be appropriate!
Now that would be appropriate!
samoksner
Who stole my light?
Surely some clever hacker can get into one of those little point and shoots and change it so that it 'farts' when you press the shutter!
Now that would be appropriate!
My cell phone can make a duck quack whenever i take a photo with it... try pulling one of those out at a wedding!
*QUACK*
Everyone looks around for a duck that walked in...
Although I must admit, I hate the 10 second fast burst of flash from the point and shoot and pop up flashes much more then the beeps... I always feel like someone is trying to blind me, my subject the people in the next county.... and it's so obtrusive, very disrespectful.
Use an ever-ready case, one of the older ones made for the M3 and Summaron with eyes. It dampens the shutter sound quite effectively.
I'll never using anything but the M3 at Nikki's piano recital again. My nephew let me know he could here the Nikon F and F2 while playing. Never complained about the Leica M3 or Nikon SP.
I'll never using anything but the M3 at Nikki's piano recital again. My nephew let me know he could here the Nikon F and F2 while playing. Never complained about the Leica M3 or Nikon SP.
Sparrow
Veteran
Surely some clever hacker can get into one of those little point and shoots and change it so that it 'farts' when you press the shutter!
Now that would be appropriate!
My wife's little Samsung digi thing sounds like one of those squeaky motorised Canons ... I may have been drinking when I did that
swoop
Well-known
About a month ago I was photographing a funeral and the photographer next to me had a Nikon D2 or D3. And the shutter was damn loud. Especially during the silence of the eulogy. I was using my quiet shutter upgraded M8 along with the discreet option and I was damn glad I had it. I'd take a shot, put the camera down to my waist and covered it with my hand, let it rewind and then take a shot again. It was pretty much imperceptible.
While the M8.2 shutter isn't silent. I tested it side by side with my M7, one click after the other and they sound near identical. The shutter click as well as the film/shutter advance. And being able to break up the click and advance makes it all the more discreet.
While the M8.2 shutter isn't silent. I tested it side by side with my M7, one click after the other and they sound near identical. The shutter click as well as the film/shutter advance. And being able to break up the click and advance makes it all the more discreet.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
The shutter on the F2 would be loud at a NASCAR race...if I want to shoot in silent mode I use my Olympus 35-S...it has a Leaf-Shutter that I have trouble hearing when I shoot...
If I had a digital camera that was programmed to make a shutter sound when shooting I would find a way to shut it off...it's just as annoying as the sound-effects that Hollywood adds to their camera scenes...:bang:
PeterL
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Hi,
I did already get that question, yes. I thought it was funny, too. The best ever, though, was with a 12 year old niece who fell of her chair laughing when I took out my Zorki. Having just started photography with something horribly plastic (looking like a Barbie-cam), she just couldn't believe I was going to try and use that museum piece to the same goal.
Peter.
I did already get that question, yes. I thought it was funny, too. The best ever, though, was with a 12 year old niece who fell of her chair laughing when I took out my Zorki. Having just started photography with something horribly plastic (looking like a Barbie-cam), she just couldn't believe I was going to try and use that museum piece to the same goal.
Peter.