Is the OM-4T as quiet as an OM-1? I'm thinking of getting an OM-4T, but
I've never handled one, and I am worried that the shutter isn't as quiet
because they have revved it up to give 1/2000. Anyone with both the OM-1
(or the Om-2) and the OM-4T have an opinion about their relative quietness?
To my uncalibrated ear, the OM-1n, OM-2S and OM-4 are about the same
loudness. All three have distinctly different shutter sounds though. The
OM-10 is noticeably louder (sold it a while ago). The Yashica J-5 I owned
many years ago was noisier than any of the single-digit OM bodies.
By comparison, the quietest is a Rollei 35S with its leaf shutter. Next is
a Contax IIIa RF (no mirror slap). The mirror slap on the Mamiya M645
makes it clearly the noisiest camera I've owned.
Overall, the single-digit OM bodies are relatively quieter than any other
SLR with focal plane shutter that I've handled.
-- John
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