I just watched the shutter trip on my K10D, and it's remarkable: even though the mirror bounces 1/3 of the way back up in the slo-mo video, it is utterly imperceptible to the eye.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > From: Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> > Subject: Re: What happens when you press the shutter > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:35 PM > In all the comparisons I watched (3) > the mirror "up" bounce was pretty well controlled, with a > fairly long pause prior to the shutter activation. It's the > return that is much less controlled on most of them. Then > another really long pause before the cycle begins again. > > And as was said, to get a higher frame rate, it cost a lot > more to control that mirror (and shutter flutter). More than > I am willing to pay. > > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 01:00 , eckinator wrote: > > > 2010/8/19 Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca>: > >> > >> I suspect it comes down to 8+ fps cameras need > better damping and get > >> it. Note the 5D, like the K10D, is a 3fps camera > in the high-end > >> consumer/semi-pro market. The F5 and D3 are much > higher-end cameras at > >> higher prices and with far higher framerates. > > > > Oh definitely but one would think that mirror wobble > or lack of > > damping thereof introduces vibration into the system. > Question is, > > does this have any impact on second and subsequent > shot SR in serial > > exposures (I won't talk of high speed there, my old FD > Canons all did > > 4.5 or 5 fps resp.)? > > Cheers > > Ecke > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to > lug a camera.” > –Lewis Hine > > > --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.
