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Electronic shutter: advantages and disadvantages

Started Sep 6, 2015 | Discussions thread
Dave Lively Senior Member • Posts: 1,938
Re: "shutter speeds about 1/250 sec, where banding can occur"

Henry Richardson wrote:

In the E-M10II review it says:

The best option is to use the full electronic shutter, which completely eliminates the issue. There are times where you don't want to use it, though, mainly when shooting in artificial light at shutter speeds about 1/250 sec, where banding can occur.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/4887393042/bang-for-the-buck-olympus-om-d-e-m10-ii-review/4

Does this answer your question?

No, but thanks for responding. That just mentions there can be banding, it does not give an example photo. I would need to see an example showing banding to determine the sweep time.

On cameras that offer an electronic shutter option DPR should really measure the sweep time and publish the results. For those of us that prefer the electronic shutter the sweep time is the biggest factor in how usable it is. The sweep time of the electronic shutter matters more to me than the maximum shutter speed or flash sync speed of the mechanical shutter.

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