Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This new thread on low light silent photography comes from this Parent thread on the New Canon 7D.
The G10 is absolutely silent but the image quality degrades rapidly above ISO 200. Perhaps the S90 or Canon G11 will be both silent and usable at higher ISO. My interest is being able to shoot during serious music performance and for not inserting my presence in candid photography. Ability to forgo flash is important. So far, the G10 is perfectly silent but poor image quality at ISO 1600 so pretty useless for most professional shooting I have to cover. The 5DII is fine for image quality but the shutter can be heard on stage. Even with a blimp the thing is not silenced completely. So I don't want anything with a mirror!
Is there any camera that can be silent like the G10 and give high ISO pictures especially with a long lens, 180 mm or more!
Maybe the G11 will scrape by with a tele-extender! Maybe there's another contender I've missed?
I'd hope Leitz an Zeiss are prepared to use the silicon chip as the shutter and not have to rely on a mechanical one!
Asher
The G10 is absolutely silent but the image quality degrades rapidly above ISO 200. Perhaps the S90 or Canon G11 will be both silent and usable at higher ISO. My interest is being able to shoot during serious music performance and for not inserting my presence in candid photography. Ability to forgo flash is important. So far, the G10 is perfectly silent but poor image quality at ISO 1600 so pretty useless for most professional shooting I have to cover. The 5DII is fine for image quality but the shutter can be heard on stage. Even with a blimp the thing is not silenced completely. So I don't want anything with a mirror!
Is there any camera that can be silent like the G10 and give high ISO pictures especially with a long lens, 180 mm or more!
Maybe the G11 will scrape by with a tele-extender! Maybe there's another contender I've missed?
I'd hope Leitz an Zeiss are prepared to use the silicon chip as the shutter and not have to rely on a mechanical one!
Asher
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