Digital BW, The Print

On 9/6/02 3:06 PM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...> wrote:

>>> How is a digital camera LOUD?
>> 
>> Mirror flip up. Digital SLR, Austin.  Sound is one of the best
>> things about
>> the consumer digitals...but they don't cut it on image quality and lens
>> flexibility/speed.
>> 
>> Robert
> 
> 
> Robert,
> 
> Why is the mirror "flip up" on a digital SLR any more loud than on a film
> SLR???
> 
> Austin

Its not...my D1x sounds just like my F100...but I would never use my F100
for street photography...I'd use one of my Rangefinders with no mirror and
almost silent shutter...and much smaller less obtrusive size.  If someone
made a six megapixel camera the size of a Leica, that took microdrives,  and
M-mount lenses ...I bet they would get some street
photographers...alas...some day.

Robert