The Official Announcement from Pentax/Ricoh says "Pixel Shift Resolution for capturing still life subjects”. SR via sensor shift was cool when first introduced but it had limitations. With every generation of camera it keeps getting better. And then we had sensor shift coupled with GPS etc to give us Astrotracing. Now the K-3ii has the first generation pixel-shift for improved color depth. Limited, but it will get better. Something to look forward to during each official-camera-announcement period over the next few years!
stan Scenics? Maybe. Portraits? Maybe not. Product shots? Other macro work? Probably. stan On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:53 AM, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Eric Featherstone > <eric.featherst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> What is an "electronic shutter" if not the focal plane shutter? >> >> Well no, the focal plane shutter is mechanical, not electronic. (Its >> timing may be /controlled/ electronically but it itself is >> mechanical.) >> >> An electronic shutter is a method of using the electronics in the >> sensor to switch on/off its light reading capability. See >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_(photography)#Electronic_shutter >> or take a look at hacking the flash sync speed of a D70 by using its >> electronic shutter >> http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2007/05/hacking-your-cameras-sync-speed-pt-1.html > > And as to why they would implement it for the "Pixel Shift Resolution" > mode, I'll refer you to myself speculating yesterday: > https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg715767.html > > The electronic shutter is faster than the mechanical shutter, so the > sub-exposures can be closer together in time, mitigating camera or > subject motion. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
