I know there's lots of talk around here about 'noise' levels in photographs, but what about the actual sound that the shutter makes on an SLR? Is there anyway to silence it a bit, or is it just a reality that we have to deal with?
I currently have a Nikon D90 and find that in quieter settings (like a church) the noise from the shutter can be a bit distracting to people around me (i haven't had anyone mention it, but I'm guessing it's apparent). Do higher-end models have quieter functioning modes, perhaps?
Answer
Most of the noise is actually not the shutter, but the mirror folding up.
My camera actually have two different ways of reducing this noise somewhat:
It has a "quiet" mode, that lets you fold up the mirror and take the picture in two separate actions. Although that doesn't make less noise, you can separate the louder noise of the mirror foldup from the moment of taking the picture.
You can use live view for taking pictures. That folds up the mirror, opens the shutter and shows the image on the LCD screen. When you take an image the shutter closes, then acts normally for taking the image, then opens again for live view.
On some Canon DSLRs, the Live View trick requires one of the 'Silent Shooting' modes to be enabled (if disabled, it still flips the mirror up/down for exposure metering, rather than using the imaging sensor).
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