Hi,

Ok, please put your thinking caps on. Here's what I'm looking for:
--Silent (shutter/everything)
--Articulated LCD
--10 MP, ideally 12
--Live View
--Good lens and image quality


I'm a fine art photographer looking to photograph people as unabtrustively as possilble, and will produce 30x40" prints.

Here's what I've found so far:


I was thinking about the Lumix G1 but found it too noisy; the Olymus EP-1 seems like it has a shutter sound as well, and lacks an articlulated LCD.

I've toyed with using a ZigView, a third-party product that adds a flexible LCD panel to some camera's eye piece, but most DSLR's still have a flipping mirror and shutter sound.

The Canon 5D has a "silent mode" but it still produces a "click", unless I am doing something wrong.

A camera Blimp is too obtrusive but a "Camera Muzzle" might work wrapped around the lens and camera body.

I heard about an 45 degree mirror accessory that attaches to an LCD that acts as a waist finder viewer but am not sure if this works.

Any other thoughts? Older digicamera? Sony R1? Other camera's or accessories I've not thought of?

Thanks!

First of all, I don't think you can have really silent shutter from any camera. In DSLR cameras, the click sound is a real hardware noise and not a simulated digital one that can be turned off at will. So, if you really want a silence, you may have to look for non-DSLR cameras like Canon G10, Canon SX10 IS, etc.

From choices you mentioned, if you can afford the Canon 5D, go for it. It's a professional DSLR camera, not an entry-level like Panasonic G1.

interesting you mention the sony R1 as i have one and it has pretty much everything on your wish list plus you can use the camera at waist level like a medium format and remain undetected it shoots in raw and jpeg check it out.