Sgt_Strider
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I remember years ago, Panasonic cameras were supposedly susceptible to shutter shock. Has this been resolved with the GH6/G9 II?
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Panasonic GH6/G9 II Shutter Shock?
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DaveyB
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All the reviews of both G9 1 and G9 II report no shutter shock.
BobKo
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We have both a GH6 and a G9m2 in my family, and I have had zero issues with shutter shock. Then we turned the mechanical shutter off and use only the e-shutter, so shutter shock is a non-problem.
I can only speak from my experience. I did notice shutter shock at slower shutter speeds but sadly I don’t I recall the shutter speeds. The G9II does have an EFCS setting to help minimize shutter shock.
I bought a Panasonic 100-300mm II lens and I wanted to do a sharpness test comparing it to the Olympus 75-300mm II lens I had at the time. I had my G9II on a tripod with IS off. I used the base ISO and my room wasn't well lit so the SS was fairly slow. I did several test shots with different aperture since it was a sharpness test. I was noticing inconsistency in sharpness in my test photos.
So I repeated the test using different shutter. Sure enough if I use EFCS or electronic shutter, the image was sharp. If I used mechanical shutter, the image may or may not be sharp. I mainly take pics of wildlife, so I mostly used electronic shutter when I was using my G9II as I wanted the faster burst speed. I have since traded my G9II for an OM-1 so I can’t really comment on shutter shock now but I wanted to share what I’ve experience during my test.
I bought a Panasonic 100-300mm II lens and I wanted to do a sharpness test comparing it to the Olympus 75-300mm II lens I had at the time. I had my G9II on a tripod with IS off. I used the base ISO and my room wasn't well lit so the SS was fairly slow. I did several test shots with different aperture since it was a sharpness test. I was noticing inconsistency in sharpness in my test photos.
So I repeated the test using different shutter. Sure enough if I use EFCS or electronic shutter, the image was sharp. If I used mechanical shutter, the image may or may not be sharp. I mainly take pics of wildlife, so I mostly used electronic shutter when I was using my G9II as I wanted the faster burst speed. I have since traded my G9II for an OM-1 so I can’t really comment on shutter shock now but I wanted to share what I’ve experience during my test.
VinceC
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I remembered the reports, so when I got my G9ii I set it to EFC and have not seen any shutter shock.
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WilyKit
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e-shutter can produce rolling shutter artifacts with moving subjects or moving camera. unless it's a global e-shutter (currently very rare, only in very expensive specialty cameras)
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VinceC
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Exactly!
jrsforums
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I find, for mechanical, ‘auto’ works great. It is very good, by lens, focal length, and shutter speed in deciding when to use MS or EFCS.
DaveyB
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Interesting, as most of the testing shows very little rolling shutter and no shutter shock on the G9 II
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DaveyB
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Just read, watch some of the many reviews. When I was doing my research I didn't find one report of shutter shock. It was something both Panasonic and Olympus bodies suffered from but I know Panasonic sorted the issue out in all their recent bodies and there are plenty of reviews out there showing that. I'll test my own G9 II and see what I think but it was never an issue with my G9.
jrsforums
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From the announcement material for G9ii, mostly LumixUSA on YT, rolling shutter is reduced. I believe (purely guess as they don’t give much detail…I’m sure restricted by corporate) that most of the reduction is when panning or movement of camera, boot, say, a propeller. When they eliminate fan from the S5ii, they added a gyroscope in the head of the camera and use that to aid in processing to compensate for movements.
As I said above on shutter shock, the ‘auto’ shutter setting automatically switches modes based on lens, FL, etc. it will even switch to ES if you set SS faster than mechanical can manage.
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Hexlord79
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Here to necro this thread since I have been using my G9ii at recent events and shoots. There is a pretty noticeable SS at slow shutter speeds (less than 1/100s). Not an issue if you set up EFC or ES.
Lenses used: Olympus 25mm f1.2 and the Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 II
jrsforums
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Have you tried ‘Auto’? That setting should select the best Shutter based on lens, shutter speed, focal length, etc.
Hexlord79
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Honestly I haven't! I am so used to switching modes regularly haha. Maybe my next upcoming shoot this weekend.
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Interesting to know these 2 lenses would suffer from shutter shock.
AFAIK this could be the first report I read so far.
If this is true, it wouodxexpens the known shutter shock affected lenses from 14-42PZ, the two f/3.5-5.6 14-140, 45-175PZ & 45-200... So far the two f/2.8 zooms are supposed ro be among those immune from shutter shock.
Would you mind to post a sample on the 35-100 which shows shutter shock effect?
AFAIK this could be the first report I read so far.
If this is true, it wouodxexpens the known shutter shock affected lenses from 14-42PZ, the two f/3.5-5.6 14-140, 45-175PZ & 45-200... So far the two f/2.8 zooms are supposed ro be among those immune from shutter shock.
Would you mind to post a sample on the 35-100 which shows shutter shock effect?
DaveyB
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That’s odd, as I’ve been consistently getting sharp results at slower shutter speeds than that.
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Sranang Boi
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The GH6 and H9 II didn’t exist years ago.
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