May 9, 2006, 18:33
Just reading up on solutions photographers use to reduce or eliminate the noise of camera operation and the slap of the shutter when you take pics. One thing I've noticed with my Nikon D50 is that the mirror slap is very audible, and sounds a lot noisier than say the Canon 350D. I don't really mind it, but some pro photographers work on locations such as movie sets or courtrooms where silence is mandatory. Has anyone shot in this kind of situation before?
Rob Galbraith talks about the Camera Muzzle, which looks like a padded bag and says that "It doesn't completely eliminate the clunk and whir of the camera reaching the ears of those nearby, but it does reduce the intrusiveness of the sound more than enough to allow a fly-on-the-wall shooting style when necessary."
Apparently there is a better but albeit more bulky and less atractive looking solution - the Sound Blimp which completely encases the camera and lens inside a foam padded aluminium alloy case.
It does make operating a camera quite awkward, I would imagine, and also makes your modern DSLR look like something out of the 60's, but I guess that's the price you pay for stealthy operation.
Rob Galbraith talks about the Camera Muzzle, which looks like a padded bag and says that "It doesn't completely eliminate the clunk and whir of the camera reaching the ears of those nearby, but it does reduce the intrusiveness of the sound more than enough to allow a fly-on-the-wall shooting style when necessary."
Apparently there is a better but albeit more bulky and less atractive looking solution - the Sound Blimp which completely encases the camera and lens inside a foam padded aluminium alloy case.
It does make operating a camera quite awkward, I would imagine, and also makes your modern DSLR look like something out of the 60's, but I guess that's the price you pay for stealthy operation.