Questions tagged “rolling shutter”

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Does a Canon 5D's video rolling shutter scan in the opposite direction to its mechanical shutter?

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Oddthinking

2y ago

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Why do digital cameras still use a mechanical shutter instead of only an electronic shutter?

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matej

2y ago

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How can a DSLR shoot faster than flash sync speed with a mechanical shutter?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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Why did one photo of a classroom projector screen come out with dark bands, while the next was normal?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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How does the Nikon Z9’s electronic-only shutter work, and why was a mechanical shutter no longer needed?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

5y ago

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Why do dark horizontal bands appear when I photograph cafe lights with my phone?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

5y ago

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Mechanical vs electronic shutter: when should you use each?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

5y ago

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Why can a 60 Hz monitor show 240 Hz flicker in photos from a rolling-shutter camera?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

6y ago

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Why do some photos from my Sony A7R II show horizontal black bands?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

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Why does a white neon sign show yellow banding/smudging in an iPhone photo?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

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Why do dark vertical bands appear in phone photos under indoor lighting?

rolling-shutter indoor-lighting banding phone-camera flicker

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

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What are the electronic shutter sensor readout speeds of common mirrorless cameras?

rolling-shutter mirrorless electronic-shutter sensor-readout camera-comparison

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

7y ago

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Why does lightning look split or skewed in video—is it real or a rolling-shutter artifact?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

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Do long exposures on a DSLR behave like a global shutter?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

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Why do wind turbine blades show faint doubled positions in photos, and how can I prevent it?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

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Why do moving objects show red/cyan fringes in some aerial or satellite map images?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

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Why do some helicopter photos show a wavy ripple distortion?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

9y ago

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How mechanical and electronic shutters work in digital cameras

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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How shutter speed, rolling-shutter readout, and shutter lag are related

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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Why can rolling-shutter skew appear opposite to the mechanical shutter direction?

rolling-shutter video sensor electronic-shutter shutter

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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