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.
>
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> Bob Benson
>
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