panasonic g/gx/gh-series electronic shutter slowest possible shutter speed

uRebel Rob wrote:

JakeJY wrote:

This spec is shown under the [Shutter Type] section in the advanced manual (p 199 for GX85). For GX85 the electronic shutter limit is 1 second, although there is a warning:

"Up to an ISO sensitivity of [ISO3200]. When the setting is higher than [ISO3200], the shutter speed will be faster than 1 second."

ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/camera/om/dmc-gx85_en_adv_om.pdf

You should be able to find similar in the advanced manuals of the other cameras you are interested in.

Yeah, Panasonic standard min eshutter speed seems to be 1 second. It's that on my GX7 and G9. Fine for some daytime time lapse, but not long enough for nighttime, or 10 stop ND filter, or high motion blur, or 180 degree exposure with >3 second intervals time lapses.

I'm not sure about the other G series cameras, but the G9 shutter life is 150000 I think, and the GH4/5 is up there too. (The E-M1 II is 200000 I believe, but the min eshutter is 1/8 second, not even close enough IMO). FWIW, my old D5100 (without an eshutter) is a 100000 rated shutter, and it's at 150000 mostly due to time lapse. Don't use that camera that much any more, though it still works.

I'd like 4-8 second exposures with eshutter for all time lapse but my night time ones, which would need 30 seconds. Not that I do time lapse nearly as much as I used to.

You're right. I wasn't searching for "electronic shutter" in the manuals (which I should have) I only searched for "silent mode". Sorry about that and thanks for letting me know

I'm going to drive from Vermont to California in about a month and was thinking of making a huge drivelapse of the whole trip so 1 second would actually be enough for that and other daytime time lapses which is fantastic. I am estimating around 50 hours of driving and if I go for a pic every 2 seconds that's 90000 images right there. I might opt for a 5 second interval but honestly I like the motion better with 2 seconds.

Thanks for the help guys!