Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Is the issue of camera noise over-rated? - What are your quietest cameras?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:13:40 -0700

The Rollei 35S has a harsh metallic click that could almost be 
described as a clank. It is much louder than any of my Ms. Heck the few 
SLRs I have left are quieter too.

John Collier

On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 10:51 AM, JP M wrote:

> The M6 certaintly is a quiet camera, much more
> stealthy than any reflex I've ever owned.
> However, if near silence were the major criteria by
> which I was choosing what camera to use, well here's
> my list in decending order of "quiet-ness":
> 1.  Mamiya 6
> 2.  Rolleiflex 2.8F
> 3.  Canon QL-17
> 3.  Rollei 35S
> 4.  IIIf
> 5.  M6

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