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does anyone care that the 20D makes so much noise?

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The "empty" highway at midday must be a strange sight indeed! I ought to try that sometime. Thanks for bringing it up! :)

Best regards,
Bruno.
 
For shooting landscapes I really wouldn't care about the shutter sound, but it has affected my wildlife photography a little. I especially notice how it tends to scare birds when I'm shooting them at close range. I often only get one chance before they flee.

Guy
 
I like to shoot at theatre shows (dance, mostly). That's one of the reasons why I still like so much my 10D.
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RIccardo BIANchi (equipment in profile)
(english is not my 1st language)
 
I have been using a couple of Minolta Maxxum 9000's for about 15 years.

Between the shutter, film advance lever, the motor drive, and the lens focusing on the Maxxum's, the 20D has been a very quite camera.

My only real complaint is that I am not sure the 5 FPS is entirely accurate. I set my motor drive to 5 FPS on my Maxxum, it seems faster than the 20D.

So I guess I am use to noisy cameras, and love how quiet my 20D is.

Have a great day, keep shooting.

Mark.
 
coming from weddings using Mamiya 645's and Bronicas 20D sounds like it's muffled.

When you fire a strobe (i.e. q-flash) with the accompanying mirror slap of a Mamiya Medium format slr, people at the farthest part of the chruch know you took a shot.

I guess people still know you did so using a 20D (or any other less "noisy" camera), but the point is they are not un-accustomed to a photographer during weddings. Of course, it is critical that the minsiter / priest allow this.

to my opinion it's all relative.
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BobM
 
mwh66 said:
I have been using a couple of Minolta Maxxum 9000's for about 15
years.

Between the shutter, film advance lever, the motor drive, and the
lens focusing on the Maxxum's, the 20D has been a very quite camera.

My only real complaint is that I am not sure the 5 FPS is entirely
accurate. I set my motor drive to 5 FPS on my Maxxum, it seems
faster than the 20D.
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It's not too difficult to measure - just fire the burst mode in JPG with a stopwatch for 5 seconds and see how many frames you get.
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Misha
 
I used one for aerial photography and the pilot, sitting in front of me with headphones on, could hear the shutter over the engine/rotor system. When I started shooting with the 20D he kept asking "Did you take the shot yet?" because he could not hear the shutter any more.

That's a loud shutter...
 
As there were a few comments about the nature of the 20D's shutter sound, if not the volume, that I read before I made my purchase, I made sure to listen for myself before buying. As I was coming from the SCREEEK of a nearly-20-year-old AE-1P, I though the noise was modest.

Still, there is a way to quantify sound. Maybe 100 or so readers can chip in $0.50 each so Phil can by a Radio Shack (or UK equivalent) SPL meter. He can then measure and post the A-weighted SPLs, in dB, from a variety of distances; perhaps 12 inches, 3 feet, and 10 feet.

While not everyone intuitive knows whata given SPL "sounds" like, at least it would make possible a uniform comparison among cameras.
 
Me, too! I shot a reception and used both the 20D and the 10D. Found the 10D focus spots annoyingly large after adjusting to the 20D. The noise of the mirror hasn't been an issue for me yet...kind of a solid, pleasant sound to me.
 
Depends what you're used to. It's no louder than a film SLR and it doesn't have the extra noise of the film being wound on. But if you've moved up from a digital compact, it must be a shock.

But the question was do I care, and speaking as someone who has had noisy film SLRs since the 1980s - yes, I wish it could be silent.
 
Given another couple of hundred dollars, micro shock absorbers could be used to dampen the sound and still get 5 fps.
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Mitch
 
The frame rate will be delayed and varied by any AI Servo autofocusing being done during a burst. In AI Servo mode, the shutter release does not delay to focus (it will release even when out of focus), but it does delay for the period that the lens is actually in motion if the camera gives a focus command between releases.

Run the test in manual or One Shot focus mode.

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RDKirk
'TANSTAAFL: The only unbreakable rule in photography.'
 
DigitalWolf said:
It is NOT LOUD. I wish we could have these people who have
used consumer cameras work with older 35mm Cameras for a
while and they will get it.
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I'm not bothered by the 20D's mirror slap at all. But I know what that tradeoff gives you.

The point is that EVERYBODY ELSE is accustomed to P&S digitals. The sound of a mechanical mirror and shutter is just not too common anymore. I would gladly buy the 20D if I had the cash. But I realize that even my Digital Rebel causes heads to turn. I'm always careful when taking pictures in church that I don't interrupt important (usually quiet) parts of the service with the noise.

On the other hand, the people in my (very) small church are accustomed to hearing my camera go off, and THEY don't notice much anymore.

I hope that Canon can find a way to reduce the noise while keeping the frame rate up, like they did with the 350D. But if they can't, I'll buy anyway.

My $.02

-jpjerkins

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God created us.
We sinned and screwed things up.
Jesus took the hit for us.
What's YOUR response gonna be?
 
But they didn't keep the frame rate up with the 350D. It has the same frame rate as the 10D, as well as the same noise level. The trade off is obvious. Unless you pay for a more expensive mechanism that is both fast and quiet, you can only get one or the other.

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RDKirk
'TANSTAAFL: The only unbreakable rule in photography.'
 
I have read these threads complaining about the shutter noise, so I was expecting something like a canon explosion (pardon the pun). It is not that much louder than my 10D. I kind of like it. You know you have taken a photo, that's for sure!

Lisa
richard bayer said:
Not only does the 20d feel like a real camera in my hands but it
also sounds
like a real camera.
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LisaFX
http://www.pbase.com/lisafx

 
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