Digital BW, The Print

> >>> 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...

Robert,

I'm not quite sure what street you live on, but up here in Boston, no one
would ever hear the mirror sound your SLR makes...I assure you.

The original comment was that digital SLRs were LOUD, not that SLRs were
loud...that was what I didn't believe was a valid point.

Austin