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Sony a9 ES vs EFCS reset details

June 6, 2017 JimK 4 Comments

This is the 14th in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. In this post, I reported on the details of the Sony a9 electronic shutter (ES) read operations, and found that the columns were read in groups of 12, both in single shot and continuous modes. Today I’d like… [Read More]

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Horshack on a9 read noise anomalies

June 6, 2017 JimK 1 Comment

This is the 13th in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. I present today a guest post from a expert (and he is one, despite his protestations below) who has helped me solve camera puzzles over the years. Take it away, Horshack. Jim Kasson and Bill Claff have been… [Read More]

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Sony a9 electronic shutter details

June 5, 2017 JimK 10 Comments

This is the 12th in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. In this post, I looked at the speed of the Sony a9’s electronic shutter. my main tool was an analog oscilloscope (my trick won’t work with a digital one). I photographed the trace as it was moved in… [Read More]

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Sony a9 — multiple ADC operations?

June 5, 2017 JimK 2 Comments

This is the 11th in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. Warning: this is a yet another techie post about esoteric aspects of camera sensor analysis and modeling. There is not much to learn here that applies to general photography. If you aren’t interested in these things for their own sake,… [Read More]

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Sony a9 read noise anomalies

June 2, 2017 JimK 4 Comments

This is the tenth in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. Warning: this is a techie post about esoteric aspects of camera sensor analysis and modeling. There is not much to learn here that would apply to general photography. If you aren’t interested in these things for their own sake, do… [Read More]

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