Recent M6 Mark II shutter shock study / M50 upgrade path rant

R2D2 wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

I really wouldn't worry about shutter shock. Seriously, it hasn't affected any of my shooting thus far (through tens of thousands of shots over the past year). Other M6ii owners here have had similar experiences.

In fact, I just performed the exact same test as the author of the blog you linked to here, using the same camera (M6ii), same lens (EF-M 18-150), same focal length (122 mm), same shutter speed (1/60 sec), same IS (on), same ISO (100), etc etc etc.

I took two shots in a row, handheld, using the 2-second self-timer. The first was with the Mechanical shutter, and the second was with the Electronic shutter. I can detect a difference in the images, but it's quite small and only when viewed at 100%. I'd really consider it inconsequential (for anything I'd like to shoot with this lens), and it certainly is nothing like what the tester posted in the blog above!

I wonder what accounts for the difference. He shows a very pronounced doubling of the image. (Or maybe it's even a multiple image.) You show just a slight vertical motion.

Only a couple of possibilities. Either testing inconsistencies, or equipment variability.

I check every image I shoot at the pixel level for sharpness and focus, and maybe my particular copy of the M6ii is just more immune to shutter shock than others. I shoot a lot of frames, and many (most actually) are at high fps, so perhaps my shutter is just broken-in better, if there is such a thing. I’m also pretty adept at handholding at the lower shutter speeds where shutter shock would be more prevalent, so maybe the blur that some are attributing to shutter shock might instead be simple camera shake. Who knows?

In any case, I’ve never had shutter shock ruin any of my images. It doesn’t even receive any consideration. I indeed hope all are as lucky!

R2

My experience is the same as this --- I've never seen lack of sharpness which I could attribute to shutter shock, and I'm most definitely a pixel peeper. My photos are consistently sharp at the pixel level, no matter whether I used the EF-M 15-45 (in the past), EF-M 22mm, 11-22, 18-150, EF-S 55-250 or many vintage lenses.

I wonder if the difference is in the holding of the camera... 98% of my shots are with the EVF, camera firmly supported by left palm, right hand, against face (3 contact points). Sometimes electronic shutter where I know it wouldn't be an issue, but also sometimes mechanical at the speeds this is claimed to occur.

Perhaps this is more of an issue if the rear screen is used and the camera held at arms length?