jerryc41 wrote:
For several years I had taken photos of plays put on by a local group, at their request. I sat in the back and used a D7000 - not very noisy. At intermission, one of the theater people said that an audience member had complained that the camera was too noisy. That was the last time I took pictures there. During the play, there were people coughing, people talking, the A/C going on and off, and traffic driving by outside. And this guy complained about a little clicking?
I never use my Nikons to shoot theater or acoustic concerts; they are just too loud.
I usually use an Olympus E-M5 if I think I can do so without bothering anyone. Otherwise, I use my Panasonic GH3 with electronic shutter; that makes no noise at all (but isn't as good in low light and slow shutter speed as the Olympus).