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Dec 8, 2012 18:51:45 #

Char Loc: Chetek WI

How can you quiet a load shutter? I have had conplaints about it. Is there anyway to quiet it down?

Dec 8, 2012 18:56:13 #

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

This will do it. Only $1200.00.

http://www.aquatech.net/sound-blimps.php

Or

http://silentpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyles-sound-blimp-tutorial.html

Dec 8, 2012 18:57:03 #

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

It depends on the camera, some there is nothing you can do. Many Nikons offer a Quiet mode.

Dec 8, 2012 18:59:24 #

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

CaptainC wrote:

This will do it. Only $1200.00.

http://www.aquatech.net/sound-blimps.php

Or

http://silentpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyles-sound-blimp-tutorial.html

I have seen the Aquatech soundblimps, they work well. But they are extremely expensive and only offered for higher end cameras anyway. Good idea though.

Dec 8, 2012 21:54:20 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

CaptainC wrote:

This will do it. Only $1200.00.

http://www.aquatech.net/sound-blimps.php

Or

http://silentpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyles-sound-blimp-tutorial.html

I think it's funny that the Aquatech product is not for use in the water.

Dec 8, 2012 21:56:52 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Char wrote:

How can you quiet a load shutter? I have had conplaints about it. Is there anyway to quiet it down?

My D7000 was quieter than my D90, and my D600 is quieter still. It has a Quiet mode to make it even quieter. If noise is a major concern, get a rangefinder camera or maybe a P&S.

Dec 8, 2012 22:38:24 #

Char Loc: Chetek WI

It is a Canon 60D and a Canon T3i. Thank you for your advice.

Dec 8, 2012 23:24:05 #

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

CaptainC wrote:

This will do it. Only $1200.00.

http://www.aquatech.net/sound-blimps.php
Or
http://silentpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyles-sound-blimp-tutorial.html

Or download one of these free proven applications and play it on your iPod while shooting.

http://www.simplynoise.com/downloads.html

Dec 9, 2012 03:59:38 #

FilmFanatic Loc: Waikato, New Zealand

I use a Mamiya RB67. Trust me, your Canon shutter is not loud

Dec 9, 2012 05:10:32 #

The Watcher

FilmFanatic wrote:

I use a Mamiya RB67. Trust me, your Canon shutter is not loud

I have a PRO S and four lenses, that isn't used very often. Every three months I get it out and work the shutter and aperture on each lens, to keep them working properly. I could do this without mounting them on the body, but do so, because the sound bring back a lots of great memories.

Dec 9, 2012 05:48:18 #

Trevor Dennis Loc: New Zealand (South Island)

jerryc41 wrote:

If noise is a major concern, get a rangefinder camera or maybe a P&S.

That was going to be my advise as well. Horses for courses and all that.

Both my 1D bodies have a so called quiet mode, but it does not make either camera what you'd call quiet. I think I lifts the mirror and takes the shot, but does not drop the mirror until you take your finger off the shutter release button (which you do with the camera tucked under puffa jacket.

Or get a Hassleblad H4D##. What will happen then is that the first exposure will render everyone deaf so they can't hear further exposures.

Dec 9, 2012 07:47:35 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I used to take still pics for a local theater group with my D90. I took hundreds of pictures over the years. One night there was a complain from someone in the audience, and I stopped taking pictures. Of course, there was traffic going by outside, people coughing, the heat and A/C turning on and off, but he was bothered by a little clicking noise.

Dec 9, 2012 08:59:12 #

photonphysicist Loc: Texas

CaptainC wrote:

This will do it. Only $1200.00.

http://www.aquatech.net/sound-blimps.php

Or

http://silentpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyles-sound-blimp-tutorial.html

Here's a tutorial for a do-it-yourself sound blimp
http://photographylot.blogspot.com/2010/02/diy-sound-blimp.html

The other option is to shoot with the mirror up but that uses up the battery must faster.

Dec 9, 2012 09:36:55 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

photonphysicist wrote:

CaptainC wrote:

This will do it. Only $1200.00.

http://www.aquatech.net/sound-blimps.php

Or

http://silentpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyles-sound-blimp-tutorial.html

Just try to get one of those things past a security guard. :D

Dec 9, 2012 10:24:55 #

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Char wrote:

How can you quiet a load shutter? I have had conplaints about it. Is there anyway to quiet it down?

The shutter is probably very quiet but it's the mechanical mirror movement you're hearing and that won't change.

Complaints? Who on earth would complain about camera noise. When we were shooting film they were much noisier - especially the auto wide cameras that advanced the film with a motor - now that was noisy.

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