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Re: Electronic or mechanical shutter?

ppage wrote:

Distinctly Average wrote:

ppage wrote:

ld_bl wrote:

I almost exclusively use EFCS. 14 bit raws and no rolling shutter artefacts. Sometimes I'll full mechanical shutter when I shoot wide open in bright light to avoid the weird bokeh issues you get in those situations with EFCS. I only use electronic shutter if I need to be silent which is extremely rare.

Good and important point; a lot of people are either not aware of or don't care about the ES producing 12-bit raws rather than 14.

It makes very little difference to the final edited pic IMO. There are times when it makes a difference but for me they are rare and I am sure they are for many who shoot the same way as I do. The advantages of the ease of tracking many subjects in ES outweighs the 12bit vs 14bit output.

True; it depends on what one is doing; I don't think everyone should be using EFCS just because it produces 14-bit raws. I do mostly landscapes and so it matters to me; if I was shooting sports it probably wouldn't. My point was simply that people should know about this difference between ES and EFCS and then their decision to use one or the other will be better informed.

+1 I was shooting a nighttime mountain (fat) bike race last night and I used mechanical shutter exclusively (for its 14-bit files).  I knew that I’d need to pull up the dark areas substantially and still retain the highest IQ.  DxO Photolab to the rescue!  

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