Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: > I think this has been asked before but I don't recall any concensus or > convincing explanations: > Why do DSLRs need mechanical shutters when video cameras and "point and > shoot" digitals don't (or do they? - my Optio 43WR specs say the shutter > goes from 4sec to 1/2000sec).
Graywolf "helpfully" replied: > Concensus? Convincing explanations? Kind of a touchy feely type aren't you? It is not a matter of how you feel about it. It is > hardware. Go read the design specs. I'd love to read the design specs - could you please email them to me? Seriously though, I have had a bit of a look around the web and every search result I've seen simply mentions the shutter speed specs of a particular camera without making me any wiser. BTW - if I have irritated/offended any purist photographers on this list by asking about how "hardware" works - "sorry".
