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Canon_Guy
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Re: Electronic or mechanical shutter?

Rafavox wrote:

Do you guys mostly use electronic shutter instead of mechanical, I can see advantages like avoiding wear and tear of the shutter mechanism. What is the general rule for that? electronic 99% of the time and for fast moving objects like cars, birds, planes etc mechanical

It is highly subject/situation/camera dependent. With my R6 fully electronic shutter reduces RAW bit depth therefore adds shadows noise and reduces dynamic range.

That is why my default setting for the best IQ is EFSC (80% of time). When shooting with f/1.4 primes at shutter speeds below 1/1000s I swich to mechanical because of the bokeh (15%). In cases when fully silent shooting is a must or when I want to use the 20fps despite the slightly reduced IQ, I swich to electronic (5%).

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