Hey, I posted my latest story of equipment destruction, no one commented
on that. Heck, I thought it was funny.
On 9/24/2017 4:51 AM, Jostein wrote:
Eerily quiet from the List, so here's to check the throughput of the
transatlantic fibreoptics and whatnot.
In my enduring foray into extreme macro, I always come up at vibration
as the ultimate limiting factor to sharpness. Good camera fundament is
a must. Flash is a necessary evil. Mirror lockup is an indulgence for
vibrations in the sincerest catholic sense of the word.
But the shutter's guilliotine movement is hard to circumvent. Some
macro photographers like John Hallmén of Flickr fame
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhallmen/), switched from a Canon
DSLR to a Sony mirrorless for studio work for that reason.
In the Pentax lineup, this issue makes the Q7 a very attractive
alternative, at least when megapixel cravings can be curbed.
However, one genious little thing about the Pixel Shift feature in the
K-3ii, K-1 and K-P, is that it does use an electronic shutter.
Combined with mirror lockup, the camera will flip up the mirror _and_
open the shutter on the first press of the shutter button, and then
start the exposure on the next.
Geeky, I admit, but I thought that was neat. :-)
Negates the use of flash, though. :-(
Carry on. :-)
Jostein
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