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E-P5 shutter shock ...

Started Jun 21, 2014 | Discussions thread
Guy Parsons
Guy Parsons Forum Pro • Posts: 40,000
Re: E-P5 shutter shock ...

Tony8232 wrote:

Does it help negate the shutter shock problem?

Good question before I joined this forum I didn't know there was such a thing as shutter shock. Ignorence is bliss. I don't think it would stop SS. It lets the movement of the camera body subside that's caused by pressing the shutter button. So it should help in general but probably not for SS.

The 1/8 anti-shock delay causes a delay between when the shutter closes and before it runs for the exposure. The initial shutter closure is really violent and the shutter can be seen bouncing quite a bit, so the 1/8 delay helps wait for that initial shock to settle a bit before the exposure begins.

I made a 1,000 fps animated gif slowed down somewhat from the video to see the shutter action a bit better, E-PL5 is shown at http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m36/photoguy340/dprstuff/epl5shutter2_zps60fc6f28.gif

As for the "anti-shock delay", the clue is in the name that Olympus chose for that menu item, and in fact should really be named "anti-shutter-shock delay (hopefully)".

Regards....... Guy

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