Hi,
>From the list you've supplied I'd suggest an MX, although they are a
little bit loud even for my deaf ears. You may be able to find a way
to muffle it.
If you extend the choice, but not to the extent of a Leica, the LX has
all the benefits of the MX, but is significantly quieter. However,
few things compares to a Leica for quietness, although David Hurn of
Magnum did buy a Canon consumer-grade camera because it was so quiet.
If you can get hold of a Pentax 50/1.2 lens you would do yourself a
big favour in the viewfinder brightness thing. Also, for both the MX
and the LX you can get ultra-bright screens for low-light shooting.
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Bob
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Saturday, July 28, 2001, 5:41:17 AM, you wrote:
> I have somthing of a dilema. I need to get a quieter camera for some work
> that I'll be doing in the near future, and also for when I want to carry
> something other than the pz1p. The requirements that I have is that this
> camera be small and discreet, extremely quiet, easily loadable, and the
> viewfinder data must be able to be read in near dark. The last reason being
> the main reason my k1000 is not suited for what I'm looking for. So I've
> narrowed it down to three cameras and I'd appreciate any feedback from
> others that have more experience with these cameras. I would be using manual
> focus lenses on it, taking photos in near dark (ie- fire/candlelight). The
> three cameras that I'm looking at are;
> 1) ME Super... very small, very quiet. Don't like the buttons to change
> shutter speed, but I could get over it.
> 2) MX... prolly the closest thing I'll ever get to what I'm looking for, but
> haven't I seen somewhere that it's actually kindof loud?
> 3) zx5n... very quiet, and small. But how loud is the autorewind? and am I
> correct in saying that there is no way to override autorewind when you reach
> the end of the roll of film? Actually, the number one reason that I'm even
> considering this camera is because of the built in spot meter.
> Well, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
> --
> Nick
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