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Can vibration damage camera?

Can vibration damage camera?

Having the camera on your body while running will subject it to relatively low frequency vibrations (1 Hz or thereabouts). That’s way too low to hit the resonance of any part inside the camera. The issue is therefore just force due to accelleration.

Is vibration bad for iPhone?

It turns out that using the vibration setting on your iPhone X can really hurt the battery life. If you disable that setting and the ringer, your phone will suddenly last all day.

Which is worse motion blur or shutter speed?

The further the mounting point is from the camera’s sensor plane, the worse the motion blur in the capture. And it is also highly dependent on the shutter speed, with longer exposures like 1/4 and longer being unaffected and the worst blur usually occurring at 1/100th of a second (strangely).

What kind of camera is affected by shutter shake?

The whole point of the camera is defeated if its fine detail is ruined by shutter shake. Here are two examples made by Mike (100% sections). The first is the Nikkor 70-200 f4 VR lens at 1/100th and 800 ISO at 180 mm, the A7R turned vertical, and the lens connected to a sturdy tripod via the lens’ foot.

Is there a way to reduce the shutter vibration?

Or they could, with a new soft shutter option, require a double push of a remote to trip the shutter in this special mode. About half the vibration would remain, but it would be a big help to reduce it by half. Leica did provide a special solution, something very much like this with the M240, I gather.

Where does the motion of the shutter come from?

The motion is primarily in the direction of the shutter: up and down with a horizontal image and side to side with a vertical image (see samples below).

The further the mounting point is from the camera’s sensor plane, the worse the motion blur in the capture. And it is also highly dependent on the shutter speed, with longer exposures like 1/4 and longer being unaffected and the worst blur usually occurring at 1/100th of a second (strangely).

The whole point of the camera is defeated if its fine detail is ruined by shutter shake. Here are two examples made by Mike (100% sections). The first is the Nikkor 70-200 f4 VR lens at 1/100th and 800 ISO at 180 mm, the A7R turned vertical, and the lens connected to a sturdy tripod via the lens’ foot.

Or they could, with a new soft shutter option, require a double push of a remote to trip the shutter in this special mode. About half the vibration would remain, but it would be a big help to reduce it by half. Leica did provide a special solution, something very much like this with the M240, I gather.

What happens when you press the shutter release?

After considering various options, we prefer a mode which would work exactly like a conventional MUP (mirror up) mode. When this “Delayed Shutter” mode is enabled, the first press of the shutter release (on a remote or on the camera) would cause the first shutter curtain to close, ending live view.

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Ruth Doyle