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

Started Nov 21, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: Electronic shutter or mechanical shutter on M6 II w/ 55-200
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wddxnyr wrote:

My question in one sentence: with a relatively slow sensor (the one on the M6 II

Actually the M6ii has a pretty FAST readout speed.  That's part of what makes it so darn good at shooting crazy fast action...

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4501836

Also program your EVF to the "Smooth" setting so that it doubles the refresh rate (helps when tracking subjects).

1/25s readout time), can one shoot at 200mm handheld with e-shutter?

You are free to shoot at whatever shutter speeds you would like.  See where your handheld limits are.

However I personally much prefer to shoot action with mShutter, generally at 7 FPS.  I don't have the EF-M 55-200, but results with the EF 100-400 Mark II (+/- 1.4x TC iii) have been spectacular.

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? If this is true

As has been explained, it's not true. 

I think it would be unpractical to shoot at 200mm handheld. I am asking because I noticed that there is some serious shutter shock with the 55-200 in m-shutter mode.

Are you sure it's not camera shake?  I'd suspect that first.  I don't get anything but (extremely) marginal shutter shock with any of my lenses.

Using e-shutter with tripod gives better sharpness but I hate tripod (which defeats the purpose of the eos m system).

I hate tripods too!

Best thing to do if you're not sure about something is to test it, or just go out and shoot shoot shoot.

Happy snapping! 

R2

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