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Electronic shutter: advantages and disadvantages

Started Sep 6, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Henry Richardson Forum Pro • Posts: 21,959
Panasonic less DR. Olympus more noise?
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Ribbit74 wrote:

For the Panasonic bodies, some of them use 10 bits to increase the readout speed and reduce rolling shutter. My GM1 does this. However, the only difference is in dynamic range-- you won't notice a difference unless you are pushing the shadows by several stops.

Yes, I have read this in reviews and in posts. If DR is reduced wouldn't it also tend to clip highlights easier too?

Olympus seems to have a a different implementation that increases noise across the board. Using the e-shutter gives you the noise equivalent of 1 stop higher ISO.

You said Panasonic switches to 10-bit and it reduces DR. What is it that Olympus does that increases noise by 1 stop? Can you point me to where you found this information? I haven't seen this thing about 1 stop worse noise. Thanks.

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