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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