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Panasonic 14-140mm OR Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6?

Started Oct 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
pannumon Veteran Member • Posts: 4,130
Re: Panasonic 14-140mm OR Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6?

v11f wrote:

Yes, I agree using electronic shutter eliminates shutter shock 100% - I had some real shockers with the 14-140 using the normal shutter before I switched - but it is prone to rolling shutter effect when taking moving objects / action pics: do you agree, and: is there a fix with the G6, or would the problem be reolsved with the G80/85 ?

Rolling shutter can be a problem, and you can't use flash with electronic shutter. Also, the readout is only 10bit instead of 12bit, which means lifting shadows several stops will introduce noise that otherwise would not be there (not sure about G80/85).

G80/85 has a new electromagnetic shutter that eliminates about 90% of the shock (according to Panasonic, if I remember correct). G80/85 also has an electronic first curtain, that alone should get rid of the shutter shock.

For 90% of the cases electronic shutter is perfectly fine in my use. I even used it when I was shooting a floorball game last week. 1000 mechanical shutter counts would have been 1% or 2% of the shutter lifetime, depending on how it is counted.

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