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Z 8 Q&A with Keiji Oishi

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having no mechanical shutter?

Mechanical shutters tend to have a faster scan speed than electronic shutters, and this means that rolling shutter distortion can be suppressed. On the flip side, electronic shutters have the advantage of having no moving parts, there is no limit for the life of the shutter, they are able to maintain more accurate shutter speeds, and there is no sound or vibration. However, the adaptation of a stacked CMOS sensor for the Z 8 enables a high-speed scan rate, eliminating rolling shutter distortion, so it has the advantage of both a mechanical and electronic shutter.

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