What camera do you think has the sweetest shutter sound

As uncool as it is to admit now, but when my Canon EOS 650 was brand new I thought it had the coolest shutter and auto-winder sounds. It just sounded so "high tech." :D

However, these days I really like the sound of my various rangefinders, Leica M3, Canon New Cononet QL-17L, Olympus XA. I just like the sounds quiet sounds of the shutters without mirror slap. I also have to admit that the Nikon Nikkormat FTn and the Konica Autoreflex T3n just sound right.

Scott
 
Thinking back to the M7 I had it was quite unique ... a very faint "kerplop!"
 
I like this topic!... I sold Leicas retail in the 70's, thought that click (M4P) was heavenly... I grew up shooting a Contax IIa, I still shoot that camera, and likewise think it has that same quality. On the other hand when I need a serious publishable image, the Sony A7II and Canon 1DX sound tell me with confidence that the results will please.
 
My Nikon F5 is a joy to my ears. So quiet and well damped. Today I was shooting in a quiet environment (hospital neonatal maternity unit) and it went completely unnoticed !
 
After I CLA'd my family FED-2, including burned curtain replacement, the sound of working shutter was sweet.
 
I forgot to mention that I just picked a mint condition (really mint)black Nikkormat FT3 and (with the mirror locked up) it has a very discreet, smooth "click"
 
My limited experience, M2 3 4 Leica, Leica flex series except for R4 &5, Nikon F2.

Zone 6 4x5 is pretty quiet, but don`t know if you can count that. Had a nice quiet between the lens shutter RF in 60`s.
 
Thanks for the replies chaps, it is good to know l am not alone in my appreciation of shutter sounds, a few year back l found a page on the net where a gentleman had recorded wav files of various shutter mechanisms including the Pentax mx
 
giulio stucchi said:
Nice thread Mike!
Indeed I like the shutter sounds of my M2s but the mirror slap from a Mamiya RB67 was something pretty cool too :)
Slightly off topic, one of my favorite "photography" sound and practice was the pulling out sound of a polaroid peel apart film from a camera back, just gorgeus :)
Giulio
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'polaroid peel':cool: I wonder what other sounds associated with photography evoke a response in people, or indeed, what other sensory factors associated with photography, touch, smell etc evoke emotions
 
My favourite shuttersound from analog cameras comes out of Minoltas XD7 and XD5 which were sold in north america as XD11.
A similar nice sound has my digital Fuji X-M1.
 
My Nikon FM2n was really loud, especially with the MD-12 mounted.
I has an Argus C4 whose shutter sound seemed as loud as a gunshot.
My Bronica RF645 lens shutter sounded like some asthmatic rodent.

Chris
 
Best shutter sounds:

Mamiya 6 (almost silent snick)
Nikon F6 (low frequency and quiet)
Olympus OM-1 and OM-2 (also quiet)

Not so great shutter sounds:

Nikon FM3a and FE2 -- metallic clacky sound, especially with MD2.
 
Nikkormat. A Leicaflex is nice too, but between the two I would shoot the R glass on a Nikkormat (and have) w/ an adapter. No matter how nice the shutter sound, it is not worth lugging a Leicaflex around that is as big and heavy as a medium format camera.
 
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