Olympus FE100 (or similar)

[Sark]

I've had this camera sitting around a while doing nothing since replacing with a Canon. Have now decided to ebay it, but checked it over prior to listing and discovered the shutter dooesn't make a noise when it fires. Everything else works and I'm now starting to wonder if it ever did make a noise. There's nothing in the manual and it has basic settings, so it's not something you can switch on and off like some models. I could have swore it made a click when fired, but I'm now starting to wonder.

Anyone got one of these? If so, should I hear a shutter fire.

Cheers

Sark

[C0UGAR UK]

I know it is shutter lag................

But seriously the shutter never did make a noise because compacts do not have them like digital SLR's. The click you heard if there was one would be from the switch that activates the sensor etc. Basically it sort of switches the chip on/off. if it clicks it clicks, and is near silent. If it does not then it does not, if it works it works

[Sark]

Cheers.

My older Canon A60 used to click, although this was just a speaker simulating the shutter. Maybe I was confusing it with that camera. I guess because the olympus doesn't have a view finder, you don't need to hear the shutter fire, you can see it on the screen.

Oh, and yes. This camera's shutter lag must have been designed to let you make a cup of tea during the exposure. I always did hate it. :(

Thanks again

Sark

[C0UGAR UK]

That is just the point when using a view finder, without some sort of click people would not know if a picture was taken, and I do not really understand why they put a viewfinder on a compact digital that has an LCD screen. Parallax or what. Ok it uses up the batteries, but who goes out with a digital camera without extra batteries.