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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 818097" data-attributes="member: 50197">Yeah, I don't normally use silent mode. I occasionally switch to it when shooting very skittish wildlife, and there is a chance the noise of the shutter will scare them off. Like I said, I had it in silent mode without flash, taking pictures at a &quot;wake&quot; and wanted to be a little less intrusive. When my cousin wanted a shot outside, I didn't see the need to switch to mechanical for a few shots, but wanted to try some with the flash to minimize the dappling of sun through the branches. I agree there is no real benefit of shooting in silent mode while using a flash. Some folks might shoot in silent mode from time to time, and not think to switch out when adding a flash, so I thought I'd post it. I can see me being out and shooting some wildlife in silent mode, then decide to take some macro shots with flash, and not think about going back to mechanical shutter. At least now I will know what the issue is without spending a lot of time trying to figure it out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 818097, member: 50197"] Yeah, I don't normally use silent mode. I occasionally switch to it when shooting very skittish wildlife, and there is a chance the noise of the shutter will scare them off. Like I said, I had it in silent mode without flash, taking pictures at a "wake" and wanted to be a little less intrusive. When my cousin wanted a shot outside, I didn't see the need to switch to mechanical for a few shots, but wanted to try some with the flash to minimize the dappling of sun through the branches. I agree there is no real benefit of shooting in silent mode while using a flash. Some folks might shoot in silent mode from time to time, and not think to switch out when adding a flash, so I thought I'd post it. I can see me being out and shooting some wildlife in silent mode, then decide to take some macro shots with flash, and not think about going back to mechanical shutter. At least now I will know what the issue is without spending a lot of time trying to figure it out. [/QUOTE]

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