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tizeye said:
You just need a good model release contract. 😏 Yes, I have posted previously from the other side of a canon...aiming straight down a narrow inlet. Compared to the Sony it was taken with, one thing the canon doesn't have is a silent shutter release.
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Several canon DSLR cameras have that option (not the entry level ones, however). I haven't had the need to use such a feature.

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AlaskaMoose said:
Several canon DSLR cameras have that option (not the entry level ones, however). I haven't had the need to use such a feature.
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While I don't know about their newer mirrorless, most Canon and Nikon's that I have heard with their "Silent Shutter" features better described as "Muted". There is an audible "Clunk...clunk" (like my prior Nikons - but friends Canons were similar), so much so that the local Philharmonic would not allow photos during performances as the musicians ears would hear it. On Sony, it is absolutely silent, I will forget I have it on silent and keep pressing the shutter button wondering what is wrong with the camera as it is not taking a picture as I have no auditory feedback...only to find multiple photos on review. One time I was backstage and demonstrated it to the conductor prior to the performance and I was the only one allowed to take photos during the performance.

Of note, in todays news Britain's largest press agency, PA Media Group with 90 photographers, is switching to Sony. One of the reason's was "and specifically the introduction of Sony’s full frame silent shutter mode and remote capture it has meant that journalists and photographers have been able to adapt and shoot in situations not possible before – for example silently during broadcast – a key requirement for official engagements,"
 
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tizeye said:
While I don't know about their newer mirrorless, most Canon and Nikon's that I have heard with their "Silent Shutter" features better described as "Muted". There is an audible "Clunk...clunk" (like my prior Nikons - but friends Canons were similar), so much so that the local Philharmonic would not allow photos during performances as the musicians ears would hear it. On Sony, it is absolutely silent, I will forget I have it on silent and keep pressing the shutter button wondering what is wrong with the camera as it is not taking a picture as I have no auditory feedback...only to find multiple photos on review. One time I was backstage and demonstrated it to the conductor prior to the performance and I was the only one allowed to take photos during the performance.

Of note, in todays news Britain's largest press agency, PA Media Group with 90 photographers, is switching to Sony. One of the reason's was "and specifically the introduction of Sony’s full frame silent shutter mode and remote capture it has meant that journalists and photographers have been able to adapt and shoot in situations not possible before – for example silently during broadcast – a key requirement for official engagements,"
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Yes, the Canon DSLR's sound is muffled. My son's Nikon DSLR makes a sort of "click" sound, and my old Canon 5DII makes a sort of "clunk" sound. The mirrorless R5 and R6 can be set to electronic curtain mode, which is completely silent. One mode is full sound, then a muffled sound, and finally a silent electronic mode.

On some of the DSLR Pro cameras such as this one, there is a completely silent shutter mode. That setting is shown at the final moments of this video (electronic shutter on live view):
 
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tizeye said:
While I don't know about their newer mirrorless, most Canon and Nikon's that I have heard with their "Silent Shutter" features better described as "Muted". There is an audible "Clunk...clunk" (like my prior Nikons - but friends Canons were similar), so much so that the local Philharmonic would not allow photos during performances as the musicians ears would hear it. On Sony, it is absolutely silent, I will forget I have it on silent and keep pressing the shutter button wondering what is wrong with the camera as it is not taking a picture as I have no auditory feedback...only to find multiple photos on review. One time I was backstage and demonstrated it to the conductor prior to the performance and I was the only one allowed to take photos during the performance.

Of note, in todays news Britain's largest press agency, PA Media Group with 90 photographers, is switching to Sony. One of the reason's was "and specifically the introduction of Sony’s full frame silent shutter mode and remote capture it has meant that journalists and photographers have been able to adapt and shoot in situations not possible before – for example silently during broadcast – a key requirement for official engagements,"
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On Canon R5 (and R6) there's a electronic shutter option completely silent.
 
related to yesterdays...a canon from the opposite end. Love how straight down the narrow inlet with no room on either side. Incidentally, this is a free national park with park rangers providing a ferry service (dock seen on left shore) over to FT Matanzas that guards the Matanzas (Spanish for massacre) inlet. It is funded by admission to the primary fort in St Augustine where yesterday's canon photo was taken.
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Dockland said:
On Canon R5 (and R6) there's a electronic shutter option completely silent.
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I use e-shutter quite a bit, especially when shooting at the long end. Not only is it nice and silent to not alert the wildlife, but there’s no shuuttershock poitential. I know most cameras deal with that just fine now, but I still use it anyway, since shutter speeds can often be pretty low. The only big downside to e-shutter is the distortion it can get on fast moving objects, but I’ve found that even that is dependent on certain shutter speeds. At 1/800, e-shutter of a hummingbird results in some crazy-looking wings, but at 1/1300, it looks just fine.

I was reading that in Japan and a few other countries, silent shutters are forbidden on phones. I don’t believe dedicated cameras have the same expectation though.
 
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Darmok N Jalad said:
I use e-shutter quite a bit, especially when shooting at the long end. Not only is it nice and silent to not alert the wildlife, but there’s no shuuttershock poitential. I know most cameras deal with that just fine now, but I still use it anyway, since shutter speeds can often be pretty low. The only big downside to e-shutter is the distortion it can get on fast moving objects, but I’ve found that even that is dependent on certain shutter speeds. At 1/800, e-shutter of a hummingbird results in some crazy-looking wings, but at 1/1300, it looks just fine.

I was reading that in Japan and a few other countries, silent shutters are forbidden on phones. I don’t believe dedicated cameras have the same expectation though.
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I've never used it, but around christmas time I prolly will. Use to go at the ceremonies at christmas eve and listen to some choir music in the church nearby with my camera.

There's actually a few disadvantages using e-shutter i've read. The 14bit obion option is reduced to 12 bit and the rolling shutter of course. There's the semi e-shutter as well, don't know the proper naming of that option in the menus thou, the camera is packed in my bag at the moment. Ah, electronic first curtain it is.

E: https://cam.start.canon/en/C003/manual/html/UG-03_Shooting-1_0240.html (there's some info under the "Caution" section)
 
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Dockland said:
I've never used it, but around christmas time I prolly will. Use to go at the ceremonies at christmas eve and listen to some choir music in the church nearby with my camera.

There's actually a few disadvantages using e-shutter i've read. The 14bit obion option is reduced to 12 bit and the rolling shutter of course. There's the semi e-shutter as well, don't know the proper naming of that option in the menus thou, the camera is packed in my bag at the moment. Ah, electronic first curtain it is.

E: https://cam.start.canon/en/C003/manual/html/UG-03_Shooting-1_0240.html (there's some info under the "Caution" section)
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Yeah, I think it’s called the electronic front curtain shutter. Each option has a downfall.

E-shutter is the only way to get the insanely high shutter speeds. I think my G9 tops out at 1/4000 mechanical, but e-shutter takes it to 1/32000! I guess that’s for shooting solar flares from Mars or something? 😂
 
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