The Sony alpha 7 Mark II (aka a7RII) has a silent shutter mode. When running silent, the mechanical shutter is on vacation: the sensor does all the work. The mechanical shutter is a rabbit, completing an exposure in 1/250 second (for shutter speeds faster than that, a slit moves across the sensor, but it takes… [Read More]
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How fast is the Sony a7S silent shutter?
The a7S has a silent shutter mode. When running silent, the mechanical shutter is on vacation, lying back and catching Z’s while the sensor does all the work. The mechanical shutter is a rabbit, completing an exposure in 1/250 second (for shutter speeds faster than that, a slit moves across the sensor, but it takes… [Read More]
How modern camera shutters work
There seems to be some confusion on the issue of how modern camera shutters work. I’m going to try to clear some of that up in this post. Some caveats: There are variations among camera manufacturers that I’m going to gloss over. This applies to CMOS sensors that employ at least one analog to digital… [Read More]
Ameliorating lighting banding with the Z7 silent shutter
This is one in a series of posts on the Nikon Z7. You should be able to find all the posts about that camera in the Category List on the right sidebar, below the Articles widget. There’s a drop-down menu there that you can use to get to all the posts in this series; just… [Read More]
How fast is the Nikon 850 electronic shutter?
This is the first post in a series about the Nikon D850. The best way to navigate to the other posts is go to the widget on the right (you may have to scroll down a bit) labeled “Category List”. It has a drop-down menu that has a category called “D850”. If you pick that from… [Read More]
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