From the mailbag: I see you have a Sony a7 II. Does the internal stabilization help with the shutter shake? The a7II doesn’t suffer from shutter shake, if you use electronic first curtain shutter. If you turn EFCS off, it does, but you only would do that if you were going to use a very high… [Read More]
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Comparing Sony a7 and a7R sharpness, part 3
In an attempt to ameliorate the a7R portrait-orientation vibration blur in the preceding post, I made two modifications to my setup. I cinched the lens to the support with a cable tie (shown before the ends were cut): And I put a two-pound weight on the bottom of the camera: The result was an improvement… [Read More]
Comparing Sony a7 and a7R sharpness, part 2
Ready for an unscientific experiment? Set up a sturdy tripod and head as if you were going to make a photograph, but don’t mount your camera on the head. Make sure there’s plenty of room around you. Make a fist. Holding your hand about a foot above the clamp, bring your hand down smartly, but… [Read More]
Sony a7 shutter shock testing with the ISO 12233 target
In the last post, I went through the reasoning that made me decide that the Betterlight scanning back isn’t the right tool for the firehouse project. Thinking about a scanning back got me onto another way to get really high resolution: stitching. I figure for macro work, I’m not restricted to the usual “swing the… [Read More]
Ameliorating Sony a7R shutter shock
Joe Holmes just posted a good article on how to deal with the Sony alpha 7R shutter vibrations. Joe has gone to a lot of trouble and applied some really inventive thinking to come up with his fixes. His glass is fuller than mine in that he sees acceptable results as reachable over a broader… [Read More]
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