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What ever happened to the high MP R5s?

Started 11 months ago | Discussions thread
SteveinLouisville
SteveinLouisville Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Re: I would be happy with, and pay for...

Tazz93 wrote:

SteveinLouisville wrote:

... a software upgrade to my RP that would unlock "silent shooting" in Av, Tv, P and M mode. Wonder why camera companies don't do this already? Just upgrade the firmware/software to enable additional features, then charge extra for it. Seems like a sure-fire way to do a "product refresh" in between new model releases.

I think the answer is... they do want you to pay for the update, in the form of a EOS R, R6 or R5.

I have always thought it was odd the RP didn't have a silent shutter in all modes, but then I saw the slow sensor readout speed and then... I wondered why its even in the camera at all. 1/15 or so readout would be difficult to use for anything other than still life with a purely electronic shutter.

The bottom-line, there is no update that will make the sensor readout faster, so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to be extended to other modes.

I use silent shutter only when I need to make no noise at all, like at a play or a solemn ceremony like a funeral service.  The last time I used it was at a High School production of Mary Poppins, where I didn't want to disturb other audience members.  It did surprisingly well, since there were bright stage lights on the actors.  It "works" for my limited application, but it seems silly to to have it restricted to only one, fully automatic, mode.  FWIW, here is an example of the typical results I get with it.

It didn't seem ridiculously laggy in practice, but maybe in a manual mode it would be less desirable as an option.

High school production of Mary Poppins.

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