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Any IQ compromise in using electronic shutter?

Started Aug 3, 2020 | Questions thread
maxxxx Senior Member • Posts: 1,179
Re: Any IQ compromise in using electronic shutter?

buzzbob wrote:

I don't want to hi-jack so please tell me if I am but this has prompted me to wonder if it would be good for Birds in flight. I am considering buying the 100-400 to do this on my XT3 and ditching my Canon DSLR completely. The thing putting me off is shutter blackout and I wondered if the electric shutter would get rid of this while doing all right at avoid RS distortion as I wouldn't be using it with hummingbirds but larger marsh birds like harriers.

Anyone used it with good results?

BIF is something I wouldn’t use ES for. Hummingbirds are extreme but I have seen artifacts on wings even for bigger birds.

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