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axlotl Senior Member • Posts: 2,273
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

HI, There is no general rule. The decision to use full mechanical (MS), Electronic first curtain (EFCS) or all electronic (ES) will depend on camera body (some have a damped shutter others do not)  shutter speed (medium slow shutter speeds may be prone to shutter shock with some lenses) lighting conditions (banding with ES),  frame rates (fast rates may lead to shutter shock even when using EFCS) and camera/subject movement (rolling shutter problems with ES).

You can see that R3 owners tend to use ES because that camera has a fast scan speed.

I use the R5 in EFCS all the time which works well with that  body and also the R and RP.

The R7 and R10 require a more case specific approach as the shutter on those bodies is not the damped type.

Unfortunately there is no simple answer to your question . However if you search this forum you will find several relevant posts which may help.

Andrew

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