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Subject: [Leica] Sony Cameras Electronic first Shutter Curtain
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:26:14 -0600
References: <161a4f95fbf-c87-211b@webjas-vac043.srv.aolmail.net> <83BBA71E-29D4-4C11-9EEE-C4CBB641E565@mac.com>

I don't thinkfirst curtain and Silent shooting is exactly the same.  Silent
is only avaiable in some Sony models, notably the A7s ans s2, and the A7r2
and A7r3.  There may be more.

Guidelines for silent shooting:

http://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1420/v1/en/contents/TP0000525767.html

First Curtain info:

https://sony-paa-pa-en-web--paa.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/87419/~/what-is-the-electronic-front-curtain-shutter-function%3F

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Scott Gregory via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org
> wrote:

> Frank it seems your compromise quote is accurate
> From what I read. And wondering how much of what one reads is true. For
> example I have seen posts in various forms about Sony that the colour out
> of the camera needs a lot of processing. Are you finding that?
>
> Scott
>
> > On Feb 17, 2018, at 1:14 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > There has been a flurry of talk about the use of this feature.  ( this
> is the discussion about distorted fast moving subjects when used with the
> e-shutter which migrated from discussions of noisy cameras during
> Pesidential news announcements)
> >
> > Sony has announced a scientific paper for a imaging sensor with an A/D
> converter behind each sensor pixel.  Using this technology would mean that
> all the pixels woud be time registered at one time, and the distortion of
> fast moving subjects would be eliminated.
> >
> > More importanty, it would also mean there is no need for a mechanical
> shutter mechanism.
> >
> > The President?s office would again be a silent place.... or so one would
> hope.
> >
> > Note that I have been using this e-shutter feature since I purchased my
> 2 Sonys.....
> > I am now experimenting with the feature since it has a downside. 12 vs
> 14 bit color depth.
> >
> > Everything is a compromise.... is it better to have more color depth at
> the expense of shutter shake just before the image is captured?
> >
> > Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net
> >
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
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USA


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