? quiet noise of mirror going up?

I was using my K10D to take pictures of my son during a jazz concert. I thought the music was load enough so the "click" sound would not disturb anyone. After the concert, my youngest son told me that the clicking was annoying, and that others sitting close were annoyed. The manual says that there is a way to put the mirror up for cleaning of the sensor, but does not mention if there is a way to leave it up and take pictures, thus avoiding the clicking noise. Anyone have experience with this?

I don't believe there is such a mode. It would blackout the viewfinder anyway.

Ask the band to play even louder

Or use a compact camera

I think the K20D can take pictures with the mirror up when using the Live View on the LCD display. (K10D has no Live View facility).

EDIT: I've now found out that the K20's mirror goes down and up after a shot in Live View mode.

Isnt there a mirror lockup function? For macro shots to prevent tiny camera shake.

But yeah
blacked out viewfinder.

Yes there is - it's part of the timer function on the K10D - if I recall correctly it's accessed via the drive menu on the Fn button.

Will

The mirror lock-up timer mode is no use for a too-quiet jazz band as the mirror comes back down after every shot. The idea was to stop the sound of the mirror. There is no mode on the K10D to leave the mirror up, and you wouldn't be able to see anything through the viewfinder even if there was.

Ava, how about getting your son into heavy metal?

underwater housing or wrapping with sound dampening material...