Panasonic Lumix owners - Electronic shutter (Page 2): plenty of distortion when your subject is moving. If you're moving, you will get curved or leaning buildings, telephone poles...

Mr Bill 2011 Loc: southern Indiana

plenty of distortion when your subject is moving. If you're moving, you will get curved or leaning buildings, telephone poles, etc. Fun to experiment with, but depends on what you want.

BebuLamar

burkphoto wrote:

The electronic shutter is best with stationary or ... (show quote)

The focal plane mechanical shutter is also a type of rolling shutter as it doesn't expose the entire frame at any given time when the speed is above the max flash sync speed. Perhaps it's still a lot faster than the electronic shutter? I wonder how fast is the electronic shutter that is how long does it takes to read data from top to bottom of the frame?

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

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Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Hsch39 wrote:

Normally I use my Canon full-frame for Bird Photog... (show quote)

I also have a GX8 - and use electronic shutter for landscape and architectural photography, to avoid any possibility of shutter shock, although this has never caused me a problem. Panasonic have now introduced a new type of electro-magnetic shutter, which has resolved the shutter shock issue associated with Copal shutters at some speeds and with certain lenses.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

BebuLamar wrote:

The focal plane mechanical shutter is also a type of rolling shutter as it doesn't expose the entire frame at any given time when the speed is above the max flash sync speed. Perhaps it's still a lot faster than the electronic shutter? I wonder how fast is the electronic shutter that is how long does it takes to read data from top to bottom of the frame?

The Copal shutter is usually not as bad. But some are subject to shutter shock vibration at medium shutter speeds.

Nonna1 Loc: Knoxville tn

Hsch39 wrote:

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Nonna1 Loc: Knoxville tn

I think you're picture is awesome. I wish I was as talented and skilled as some of ya'll.

Hsch39 Loc: Northbrook, Illinois

Nonna1 wrote:

I think you're picture is awesome. I wish I was as talented and skilled as some of ya'll.

Actually I started with Bird Photography 8 years ago at our daughter's home in Knoxville TN, your hometown. It was July, and I was able to photograph 22 different species in one morning. This included a Bald Eagle and this Prothonotary Warbler.

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Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

burkphoto wrote:

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Global shutter.

Hanson

I have GX8 for a few years but never took photos for hummingbirds and I did not experience the distortion like you showed here. So I thank you for sharing what you got here.
I bought G9 last year and I started using it all the time to shoot birds with high speed including hummers. So far I can report that I have not had any distortion like yours. I can only speculate that the G9's electronic shutter is somewhat different/improved?

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

Hsch39 wrote:

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Its called rolling shutter...adjust the SS, you may be able to minimize it.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Architect1776 wrote:

Global shutter.

Yep.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/video/tips-and-solutions/rolling-shutter-versus-global-shutter

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Hanson wrote:

I have GX8 for a few years but never took photos for hummingbirds and I did not experience the distortion like you showed here. So I thank you for sharing what you got here.
I bought G9 last year and I started using it all the time to shoot birds with high speed including hummers. So far I can report that I have not had any distortion like yours. I can only speculate that the G9's electronic shutter is somewhat different/improved?

Like most Lumix Micro 4/3 cameras, the G9 has both mechanical and electronic shutters. You only get rolling shutter from the electronic shutter. Since that is *always* used for video, that’s where you will be most likely to see it. The G9 and the GH5/GH5s have sensors with very fast readout of data. So they minimize the effect. But if you rapidly pan across a landscape in video, you’ll still see some rolling shutter effects.

Hanson

As far as I recall, they claim the rolling shutter problem has been dealt with or partly solved on the new model of Panasonic Lumix.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

burkphoto wrote:

Like most Lumix Micro 4/3 cameras, the G9 has both mechanical and electronic shutters. You only get rolling shutter from the electronic shutter. Since that is *always* used for video, that’s where you will be most likely to see it. The G9 and the GH5/GH5s have sensors with very fast readout of data. So they minimize the effect. But if you rapidly pan across a landscape in video, you’ll still see some rolling shutter effects.

Hi Bill - do you know whether or not the G9 has the new electro-magnetic shutter?