Quiet and Small SLRs

Thanks guys. I could have guessed at some of the responses - well except for the Ricoh. I like Olympus - I use an E1 and E400 in the digital world. I had a loan of a Pentax ME and MX, but both were quite loud although small. I think I need to do some OM research.

PS. I also used a Fujica ST801 in the 80s, but its been so long I can 't really remember how loud it was. Nice camera though.
 
I concur with the Olympus OM. The Contax Aria is beautiful and you get to use all those great Zeiss lenses.
 
Olympus OM's get another vote from me (perhaps I should badmouth them to keep prices down?)

Canon EOS 30 (Elan 7?) is quiet but not small. Depends if you want auto or manual focus.
 
The OM-1 is a wonderful classic camera, but the Rebel G is probably the lightest and quietest SLR made... Leica quiet really... and only $20 for a mint copy!
 
another vote for the Aria. I have used it and the elan 7 and the Aria is smaller and quieter. lots of functions, easier interface than the 7 and the glass is sweet.
 
The Aria is a wonderful little camera. Goes great with the 45mm pancake lens, incredibly small and high quality package.

Kent
 
Not quiet? I thought mine was. I guess I've never used a really quiet SLR, then.
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They're not terribly loud, like an EOS-3, but they're not among the quietest, either.

If the Aria's quieter than an Elan7, that's pretty impressive. I used the Elan7 for wedding work alongside Leica M's.
 
Since I haven't seen it yet, I'll put in a vote for the Nikon FE. Small, manual focus, inexpensive these days, not necessarily the quietest, but a great little camera. I've had mine since '84.
 
My Minolta XD-11 is very compact and has a pretty quiet shutter; from 6 feet away you can barely hear it.

Though my most compact SLR is one I found in my closet that turned out to be my brother's camera for the highschool yearbook. It's a Miranda MS-1 with a very compact 50mm f2, the whole package together is thinner, lighter and a little shorter than my Minolta XD-11... but the shutter is a little louder. After a little research I found out that it's not really a Miranda (unlike my father's Miranda EE which took plenty of Kodachromes while I was growing up), but a K-mount camera made by Cosina. Also the Miranda is not battery dependent which is a bonus.

I just had my first roll from the Miranda and I was pretty impressed by the little lens:

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Olympus Pen FT. It's not the quietest nor does it have AE, but I am having a blast with my Dad's old Pen FT. It is small and just fits perfectly in my hands. The lenses that I have (20, 38, 150) are all fine - especially the 38mm. I really like the portraits I have been making with that lens. It has got a certain look that I can't describe. I think I like the look better than my Sonnar 85 portraits for my Contax SLR - which used to be my favorite portrait look.

From what I hear, the 60mm and 70mm are great for the Pen FT as well as the 28mm.
 
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