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GX8 - Disappointed with shuttershock

Started Apr 17, 2016 | Discussions thread
Baba Ganoush Contributing Member • Posts: 591
Re: Sorry Baba, your test is faulty
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bjorn43 wrote:

Sorry to say but time delay 2 or 10 sec don't close the first curtain; shutter delay (1,2,4 or 8 sec) does.

The new shutter would be more silent; that's an advantage because the one in the GX8 is a bit loud

Correct, I did the tests with the time delay not the shutter delay.

However, for the sake of completeness, I have just repeated the same tests with NO DELAY of any kind.  Once again my tests are negative: no difference in the acuity of the images with the mechanical shutter versus those taken with the electronic shutter.

In these latest tests, I used two different targets:  1) a sheet of fine, printed text with a variety of typefaces and font sizes, plus several small images, and 2) a standard Siemens Star resolution chart.    Bottom line:  With either chart, there's no difference in the images taken with the mechanical shutter and those taken with the electronic shutter, with no delay or with a time delay.

I did not do a test yesterday or today at 1/60s handheld.  My tests were all done with the GX8 mounted on a tripod.  I'm usually pretty steady taking handheld shots, even much slower than 1/60s, but at least so far today I don't feel up to the challenge.  I'd prefer not to conduct a bad test  and then be ethically obligated to report it, which  would only confuse the issue.

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