Silent mode

Select [ON] to override the options selected for [Camera sounds] in the setup menu and mute the shutter sound, REC start/end sound, and beeps.

• Enabling silent mode also suppresses other camera sounds. It does not, however, completely silence the camera. Camera sounds may still be audible, for example during autofocus or aperture adjustment, in the latter case most noticeably at apertures smaller (i.e., at f-numbers higher) than f/5.6.
• Optional flash units will not fire.
• The frame advance rate may drop in some circumstances.
• You may notice the following in photographs and in the shooting display:
  • flicker or banding in scenes lit by such sources as fluorescent, mercury vapor, or sodium lamps,
  • distortion associated with motion (individual subjects moving through the frame may be distorted, or the entire frame may appear distorted if the camera is moved during shooting),
  • jagged edges, color fringing, moiré, or bright spots, or
  • bright regions or bands in scenes lit by flashing signs and other intermittent light sources or when the subject is briefly illuminated by a strobe or other bright, momentary light source.
• Silent mode mutes the beep speaker and dampens other camera sounds, but does not absolve photographers of the need to respect their subjects’ privacy and image rights.