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p.2 #1 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

The D700's shutter is obscenely loud. I attended a wedding where the photog was using a D700 and the noise at the ceremony was loud enough to be distracting.

Mar 23, 2012 at 12:03 AM

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p.2 #2 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

I am a Nikon guy, but I gotta admit that the 1d MK IV has the sexiest dSLR shutter my ears have yet to hear.

Mar 23, 2012 at 12:07 AM

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p.2 #3 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

The first shutter sound I ever loved, and it is still my favorite, was the Nikon F2AS. It made my Canon F1 sound like junk....

Scott

Mar 23, 2012 at 12:20 AM

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p.2 #4 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

D800 shutter sounds pleasant to my ears. My D700 was loud but OK. My former D300 had a even louder and very unpleasant sound...

I like the viewfinder of D800. I have no more a D700 to compare them but it seem to me that D800 viewfinder is larger and brighter than the one in D700. Or is just an result of the first day excitement

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The bad thing is that the beast sucks the battery at least twice faster than D7000... Or maybe I was overusing it in the first day...

Mar 23, 2012 at 12:31 AM

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p.2 #5 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

All this new camera talk has me all hot and bothered. Leaving tomorrow for Zion NP, wishing I had something new in my hands! Alas I gotta wait for the D800E. I noticed a big diff between the the 1Ds, 5Dc, and 5D2, with the 1Ds emitting the most cultured sounds .

Mar 23, 2012 at 12:39 AM

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p.2 #6 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

Hrow wrote:
Aw, F it, the D700 shutter sounds like a mouse having its legs pulled off by a cat. Now I feel better!

Do you know this by personal experience? How? Yes, the D700 sounds a bit "thin" to me. D90 is far nicer.
For you older folk, I'd like it to sound like that frog getting splattered in "Frogger" from many years ago. Now THAT was a sweet sound!

Mar 23, 2012 at 03:16 AM

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p.2 #7 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

Dan1 wrote:
Found these on youtube, continuous one continuous two silent mode Won't really demonstrate how loud it is of course, but it gives you an idea of the character.

Not particularly impressive sounding, to put it nicely.

Mar 23, 2012 at 04:48 AM

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p.2 #8 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

I just switched to a d700 last week, and i will agree...the shutter sounds very loud and brutal. The d90 i still have atm has a bit nicer sound, but for some reason...i like the sound of the d5000...and some canons...

Dang, talk about being pretty obsessive with our cameras! I should make the shutter sound of the d700 my alarm!

Mar 23, 2012 at 05:24 AM

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p.2 #9 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

Jorge Torralba wrote:However, the shutter on the 5D3 has to be the worst sounding shutter I have ever heard

Totally agree with this. It's an odd sound indeed. Something between the 5D2 and a Rebel.

Mar 23, 2012 at 09:48 AM

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p.2 #10 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

D800 have very decent sound. i like it.

Mar 23, 2012 at 03:18 PM

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p.2 #11 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

Interesting observation, sure to generate even more back and forths in the Canikon world. My personal favorite shutter sound is from a Nikon F3HP I had for awhile. Something about cloth shutters, though I don't think the F3HP had a particularly quiet shutter.

Mar 23, 2012 at 03:32 PM

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p.2 #12 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

D. Diggler wrote:
Dan1 wrote:
Found these on youtube, continuous one continuous two silent mode Won't really demonstrate how loud it is of course, but it gives you an idea of the character.

Not particularly impressive sounding, to put it nicely.

Actually sounds pretty nice to me.

Mar 23, 2012 at 03:45 PM

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p.2 #13 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

runamuck wrote:
Hrow wrote:
Aw, F it, the D700 shutter sounds like a mouse having its legs pulled off by a cat. Now I feel better!

I hope you know I was kidding. Never really paid that much attention to various shutter sounds though most seem way too loud in a quiet setting.

Mar 23, 2012 at 07:24 PM

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p.2 #14 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

The D700 is pretty loud & rude, that D800 clip sounds a little better. It's funny, I prefer the sound of the cheaper Nikon DSLR's like the D7000, much more subdued and without that extra 'ping'.
Haven't heard the 5DIII yet but my guess is that it's not as bad as the D800.

Oct 03, 2012 at 01:24 PM

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p.2 #15 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

Never shot a D700 but I did try a D800 and D600 together. I did not like the D800's loud shutter, but I actually like the sound of the D600.

Oct 03, 2012 at 01:37 PM

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p.2 #16 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

yeah, canon shutters all sound cheap and fake.

I like the F5 shutter sound the best, followed by a F3 with motordrive.

Oct 03, 2012 at 01:53 PM

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p.2 #17 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

All those shutters mentioned are electric, except for the F2AS, which is all mechanical, baby. Back in the day the sound was described as a "pak". One of the pleasures of shooting Nikon F2's, plus the purely optical viewfinder. Anticipating what the Zeiss 55/1.4 looks like thru that finder.

Hard to compete with the Leica M's shutter sound though.

Oct 03, 2012 at 04:23 PM

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p.2 #18 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

I LOVE the 5d3's quiet shutter continuous mode. It softly whispers at you, like some dream containing your favorite adult movie star...

Well, maybe not, but it is nice sounding. On regular, I like the d800 shutter sound better. But I wish the D800 had the nice quiet mode!

Oct 03, 2012 at 05:07 PM

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p.2 #19 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

Photography is like golf. Capture an awesome moment, the sound of the shutter is magical like hitting the golf ball in the sweet spot.

Oct 03, 2012 at 05:09 PM

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p.2 #20 · Shutter sounds of D800 vs 5D3

I wish they'd make a shutter that doesn't make noise.

Oct 03, 2012 at 05:13 PM

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