Well done. I shot one funeral long, long ago, about '61 or '62, taking about
two dozen shots with a Crown Graphic 4x5. I don't think I could do that now.
Wouldn't want to anyway.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Every once in a while I get to photograph unusual situations. This
> weekend, it was a funeral. Funerals kinda go in spurts for me and
> it's been a while since photographing one.
>
> My usual camera of choice is the Minolta A1, which issues a
> click-declick when taking a picture. But since it's currently on the
> fritz (Sony defect), I used the E-1 instead. The key here is to be
> discreet.
>
> During the funeral itself, I shot just under 100 pictures from the
> back of the room. A person in the back row knew I was going to take
> pictures and she could just barely hear the shutter. But another
> person in the back row wasn't even aware that I took ANY pictures.
>
> It's very misleading. With the camera up to your face, you think it
> sounds like a shotgun going off. But afterwards, I experimented and
> held the camera behind my back and I could barely here the shutter
> and the sound was actually quite pleasing. Frankly, the creaking old
> pews made far more noise than my camera ever could make.
>
> I would suggest, though, that the SHLD-2 battery grip does make a
> difference. I think the added mass of the battery grip further
> dampens any resonance in the camera. Frankly, I am so pleased with
> the vibration resistance of the E-1, that with the SHLD-2 I don't
> think I can even feel the shutter-shock in my hands.
>
> Anyway, discreet I was. The family was concerned about the
> photography being bothersome, but later said that they weren't aware
> that I took photographs.
>
> Others have compared the E-1 to the M7 in quietness. I don't think I
> disagree. This is one of the greatest assets of the camera and a
> feature which is highly underrated by reviewers and pixel-peepers.
>
> AG
>
>
>
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