Setting the shutter shock to 1/8 second was one of the first things I
did upon setting up the camera. I'm not sure I've taken a single shot
without it. I does make a funny ka-thunk sound but 1/8 second is fairly
fast and I doubt I'll notice the delay. Well, maybe in the spring if I
have to shoot one of the grandkid's soccer games.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/18/2013 2:56 PM, Moose wrote:
> I too have been semi-incommunicado. We left for three days in the
> Monterey/Carmel area. My response to your first
> version of the question was the last one I made before turning off the laptop
> to pack it.
>
> I carefully packed power cords and mouse - and LEFT the computer home!
>
> I kept up, sorta, with the list on my iPhone for a day, but lots of traffic,
> way too many posts ostensibly about coffee
> and the way the GMail mobile app works led me to just let it go until I got
> home.
>
> I still haven't gone through the all the list mail, nor separated the endless
> drivel about a beverage of no interest to
> me from the inevitable subject drift.
>
> Skimming subjects, I did notice your repeat of the question, wondered if I
> had hallucinated answering it, and did so again.
>
> Much as I was surprised by the shutter shock problem of the E-M5, I was even
> more shocked by those of the Pens and the
> Pannys. Lots and lots of people have been taking lots and lots of photos with
> these cameras and quite often declaring
> themselves quite pleased.
>
> Having been troubled/puzzled by some apparent discrepancies in my E-M5
> images, trying to guess where the problem might
> be, and deciding to pay much more attention to my technique for a while, I
> was both surprised, then pleased, to discover
> that the problem wasn't me, or the lenses, but the camera - and that there is
> a cure, not ideal, perhaps, but built-in,
> immediately available, at no additional charge.
>
> Then Mike posted the link to these further tests, and I discovered that my
> E-M5 is likely the least troubled of the Oly
> µ4/3s cameras, and troubled WAY less than at least one Panny.
>
> My guess is that all the Pens, at least prior to the latest two, all have the
> shutter mechanism. One way to check on the
> E-PL5 is the instructions. If they have the same 'Anti-Shock' settings in the
> menus as the E-M5, you can bet that it's
> still there.
>
> Seems like it's a difficult problem, and the only solution may be complete
> shutter redesign or an electronic first
> curtain, ala Canon (at least the 60D, probably others), which might require a
> new sensor?
>
> I've just done my first large number of shots with widely varying subjects,
> light, lenses, shutter speeds and ISOs since
> finding out about shutter shock. I intentionally made no effort to avoid the
> trouble shutter speeds. So I hope to find
> out if things have changed for the better.
>
> The shutter sound is definitely different, and there seems to be some subtle
> sense of shots taking longer. Fortunately,
> switching Anti-Shock on and off is quick and easy. Perhaps just as important,
> seeing whether is is on or off is instant.
>
> Asked And Answered Moose
>
> On 1/18/2013 7:05 AM, Bob Benson wrote:
>> Thanks for answering my shutter shock question. I apologize for duplicating
>> the question; I've been for a few days at a family funeral at a remote site
>> in way eastern ohio (that's redundant actually); internet access poor, and
>> I wasn't able to tell whether my original question actually got in.
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, thanks, and apologize.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Benson
>>
>
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