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

Started Nov 12, 2020 | Discussions thread
ThrillaMozilla Veteran Member • Posts: 7,665
Re: Recent M6 Mark II shutter shock study / M50 upgrade path rant
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Larry Rexley wrote:

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.

I don't think so.  I made some systematic tests with camera held exactly as you describe, seated, with elbows firmly placed on wooden arm rests on the chair.  I measured shutter shake, not hand shake.  And with the EF-M 15-45 the e-shutter was consistently considerably better around 1/60 to 1/125s.  I think I posted an image.  I did not find the wide range of shutter speeds with substantial degradation that others did, but I didn't test with arms not braced.  The EF-S 18-55 3.5-5.6 IS STM and EF-S 55-250 IS STM were better, losing only around 10% in resolution at one or maybe two exposure times.

The measurements I have seen were with vertical shots on a tripod.

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

Pictures with rear screen are always going to be shaky with any camera, unless the camera can be well braced on something.

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