In the review Bryan talks about the Silent Mode and alludes (several times) to the likelihood that camera noise at events can be distracting. During our UK trip last fall I was taking pics of an author's talk (with her permission) and noticed at least one attendee was distracted by the camera noise, so I moved as far away from him as possible. I didn't notice anyone else looking back at me, but later my wife told me the noise was distracting and she saw others who were clearly annoyed. Nothing mortifies me more than knowing I've intruded into someone's "space" like that. I was so caught up in the photography that I failed to notice I was creating a distraction. The knowledge that I was left me depressed for days.

Has anyone else experienced this as either the photographer or as an audience member? I have a friend who shoots all of his daughter's recitals (violinist) and I often wonder if he's driving people around him nuts with the camera noise. He claims no one seems to mind, but I wonder. I'm now extremely hesitant to shoot events where the camera can be heard clacking away.