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GX8 - Disappointed with shuttershock

Started Apr 17, 2016 | Discussions thread
Hen3ry
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Re: Sorry Baba, my understanding was faulty! :(

Baba Ganoush wrote:

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.

You are right, of course. Thanks for this correction, and my apologies to Baba.

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.

The time delay in the first tests were perfectly valid. If you shot by pressing the shutter button, the time delay would ensure that there was no residual vibration from that action to distress the images slightly.

I questioned it because I wasn't thinking straight.

Thanks for doing the tests and posting the results.

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