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Mechanical vs Electronic Shutter vs EFCS

Posted on July 3, 2019 by ShutterBug

pay per click advertising Many cameras today, especially mirrorless cameras, let you pick between a mechanical and electronic shutter. Others – including a lot of DSLRs – have a third option called “electronic front curtain shutter” (EFCS) which is a … Continue reading →

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What is Shutter Shock and How to Mitigate It

Posted on January 11, 2019 by ShutterBug

With so many photographers using high resolution cameras in the field, I found that a number of them experience big frustrations when trying to yield critically sharp images. Unfortunately, this particular problem is very hard to nail down to the … Continue reading →

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Electronic Front-Curtain Shutter Explained

Posted on January 28, 2018 by ShutterBug

A number of DSLRs and mirrorless cameras today come with an important feature called “Electronic Front-Curtain Shutter” (EFCS) or “Electronic First Shutter Curtain” (EFSC), both of which are designed to eliminate camera shake originating from the shutter mechanism of the … Continue reading →

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Understanding Shutter Speed – Photography Basics

Posted on January 17, 2018 by ShutterBug

Shutter Speed is one of the three pillars of photography, the other two being Aperture and ISO. Shutter speed is responsible for two particular things: changing the brightness of your photo, and creating dramatic effects by either freezing action or … Continue reading →

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Shooting Hand-held at Slow Shutter Speeds with a Non-EVF Camera

Posted on September 26, 2017 by ShutterBug

We’ve all faced situations when we had to shoot hand-held in quite poor lighting conditions using slow shutter speeds, in order to capture a photograph. This challenge is further complicated when using a non-EVF camera since we loose our third … Continue reading →

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