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Camera Silencer?

Started Sep 13, 2018 | Discussions thread
ProfHankD
ProfHankD Veteran Member • Posts: 9,147
Re: Camera Silencer?

petrochemist wrote:

Simplest solution is to use a camera with a electronic shutter mode. Most mirrorless cameras seem to offer this now.

Nothing like that supported by CHDK....

On the other hand, I have a fleet of PowerShot SX530 HS that zoom to 1200mm equivalent and the leaf shutter in them is very quiet. As Canon factory refurbs, I paid $130 each. For example, here's a rather awkward array we built last year using 18 of them:

And here's one running our TDCI (Time Domain Continuous Imaging) software:

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Canon PowerShot SX530 Olympus TG-860 Sony a7R II Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Sony a6500 +32 more
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