I miss my mirror flop :)

[Chris 3754]

I entered the photography world in 1979 with a Canon AE-1 and progressed through several SLR iterations over the years. Eventually, I found Sony mirrorless and never looked back. I do, however, miss the confirmation sound and feel of the SLR mirror flop. In my world, a silent camera was not that important. It just confirmed to me that I actually took a photo, and it became part of my picture-taking DNA. With my first Sony cameras, an a7iii and a7iv, I usually used the mechanical shutter because of weird lighting conditions and the fast action of ice hockey to avoid a rolling shutter effect, so I still had some audible and tactile camera feedback. Not having that feedback would be like playing pinball (you young folks may need to Google that) without lights and sounds. As an aside, Apple uses the sound of an actual Canon AE-1 as the iPhone camera shutter sound! Well for me, welcome to the 21st century, and recently made the leap to an a1ii. I can now shoot with the electronic shutter and have not seen any rolling shutter effect, and I love the audible shutter sound option the a1ii provides. I still use my old film cameras and nothing matches that mechanical shutter feel from a vintage camera, but the a1ii fills this void for me.

 

[iamdlewis]

When I got the A9 I thought that I would miss the shutter sound but after my first day of trying fully silent I was sold on it. I actually now find it annoying when I need to use the shutter or around others that use mechanical shutters/sounds. Glad they gave the option for full silent and options for when to use sounds so each can setup to what they like.