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Subject: Re: [OM] Shutter Shock (Return of the absent minded.) [was Question]
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:14:43 -0600
Did you notice that it screwed up flash sync?   I ran into that when I tried a 
T32 on manual.  


Paul Braun
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On Jan 19, 2013, at 15:13, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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