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Any IQ compromise in using electronic shutter?

Started Aug 3, 2020 | Questions thread
ikaika777
ikaika777 Senior Member • Posts: 2,632
Re: 4 reasons to not use ES

Chris Dodkin wrote:

Main issues would be any camera movement or subject movement will lead to image distortion due to the relatively slow scan rate of the sensor during ES.

You also get banding when shooting under artificial lighting due to the cycle flicker of the light source.

You will also get bokeh degradation due to the plane of focus no longer being defined by the aperture on the lens, most noticeably with things like misshapen bokeh balls.

ES will also not allow flash to be used.

I avoid ES unless I have no other possible alternative.

That’s why I like shooting with EF+MS shutter setting. The best if both worlds without the negatives of ES. Although you can’t use EF with a flash so it automatically sets it MS when you turn flash on.

”Electronic front curtain shutter:

  • Avoids camera vibrations.
  • Quieter than mechanical shutter.
  • No artifacts with motion and under flickering light.“
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After all is said and done and your photo is hanging on the wall, no one is going to know or care what camera, lens, or what post processing you used. All they care about is if the image moves them.
I’m not hung up on the Bokeh fad because I’m too busy chasing shadows.

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