homeaboutarchivenewslettermembership!
aboutarchivemembership!
aboutarchivemembers!

The sound of a Leica shutter.

posted by Jason Kottke   Feb 05, 2008

The sound of a Leica shutter.

When you take a picture with an S.L.R., there is a distinctive sound, somewhere between a clatter and a thump; I worship my beat-up Nikon FE, but there is no denying that every snap reminds me of a cow kicking over a milk pail. With a Leica, all you hear is the shutter, which is the quietest on the market. The result — and this may be the most seductive reason for the Leica cult — is that a photograph sounds like a kiss.

That's Anthony Lane in the New Yorker.