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Pany G7 Shutter Shock, how do you know?

Started Oct 1, 2018 | Questions thread
kiwigirl
kiwigirl Senior Member • Posts: 1,934
Re: Pany G7 Shutter Shock, how do you know?

I use e-shutter almost exclusively with my G7/14-140 combo.  I do have a GH3 which shoots 12 bit raw in e-shutter and i agonized over losing data with my G7.  However after reading this excellent article I stopped worrying about it.

https://photographylife.com/14-bit-vs-12-bit-raw

Granted the article is about 12 versus 14 rather than 10 versus 12, but for most shots we're unlikely to notice any difference so I'm no longer frightened of using it.  I have certainly never had images I would consider ruined by shutter shock.  Rather it was slow shutter speeds or atmospheric conditions.

I am regretting deleting some of the most wonderful examples of shutter shock ever seen taken with my GX1 and 12-32 lens.  I thought I would try an intelligent auto mode and let the camera decide.  For some reason it thought F7.1 in broad daylight was a good choice and came up with the most beer-goggle type of images I have ever seen!   Wonderful double vision!  I have certainly not been able to duplicate it in A or S mode.  And I've not seen anything remotely similar from my G7.

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