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Electronic shutter or mechanical shutter on M6 II w/ 55-200

Started Nov 21, 2021 | Discussions thread
Dem Bell Senior Member • Posts: 1,091
Re: Electronic shutter or mechanical shutter on M6 II w/ 55-200
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wddxnyr wrote:

Hi all

My question in one sentence: with a relatively slow sensor (the one on the M6 II, 1/25s readout time), can one shoot at 200mm handheld with e-shutter?

Yes.

If the sensor readout time is 1/25s, will the sensor receives the same amount of hand shake/body shake as if the shutter speed is 1/25s even if the e-shutter speed is higher?

Yes, but the effect on the image will be different. Instead of blurring the whole image, the slow read out speed of the ES will slightly distort the image. This is much harder to notice. Your lens has an optical image stabilisation of 3.5 stops, which means that shooting it at 200 mm (300 mm ff equivalent) at about 1/30 sec is possible with any shutter.

If this is true, I think it would be unpractical to shoot at 200mm handheld.

Try it. If you shoot indoors the biggest problem with ES is banding in flickering fluorescent light. This can be mitigated by setting an appropriate shutter speed (1/100 or 1/50 in Europe, 1/120 or 1/60 in the US). Then the subject movement might become a bigger problem than the camera shake.

I am asking because I noticed that there is some serious shutter shock with the 55-200 in m-shutter mode. Using e-shutter with tripod gives better sharpness but I hate tripod (which defeats the purpose of the eos m system).

Thanks

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