This post says Fuji GFX has implemented a fully electronic shutter!

[ErikKaffehr]

Hi,

This posting says that the Fuji GFX has both electronic shutter and first electronic curtain, great news.

The first curtain of a focal plane shutter always causes a camera vibration due to conservation of momentum. This can be eliminated largely by an electronic first shutter curtain.

A fully electronic shutter (ES) is implemented as a combination of sweeping reset and sweeping readout. ES is totally vibration free but quiet slow and would cause distortion on moving objects, if they are large enough and move enough.

I would call it great news.

Best regards
Erik

[Jost von Allmen]

I talked with the rep about EFC and ES, he didn't seem to fully understand the impact of such an acheivement.
The menu was set to german, so I suppose the translation might not be totally correct:
There are indeed three settings, which I would describe as:
- mechanical shutter
- mechanical and electronic shutter (=EFC; you could hear the shutter closing at the end of the exposure time)
- electronic shutter only (=ES; totally silent)
The rep clearly stated that is was still a beta firmware, but already far developped.

I own a IQ3 100 myself and am very convinced about the advantages of an EFC / ES for certain types of photography. As a landscape photographer I couldn't be happier about this developpement.

Best

Jost

[Christopher]

If true this is magnificent. It would also shows how deeper they understand the sensor compared to everyone else is using it. OR they have more modern version of it ? OR a more basic version, which they adapted to their needs.

If really true I find it stunning and great news.


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[Wayne Fox]

Erik,

I would be curious as to your estimate of the fastest scan time they could achieve?  I think the IQ3 100 is something like 1.3 seconds, I assume the smaller sensor would make that faster, (maybe around 30%?).

[Paul2660]

http://www.fujirumors.com/big-fujifilm-gfx-recap-everything-know-rgb-color-histogram-base-iso-100-af-points-much/

ES is listed as a fact. Patrick is no wrong very often.

19th is not far away.  But KUDOS to Fuji.

Paul Caldwell

[hubell]

http://www.fujirumors.com/big-fujifilm-gfx-recap-everything-know-rgb-color-histogram-base-iso-100-af-points-much/

ES is listed as a fact. Patrick is no wrong very often.

19th is not far away.  But KUDOS to Fuji.

Paul Caldwell

Apparently, there is no EFCS. There is no mention of that.

[ErikKaffehr]

Hi Wayne,

I think it would be difficult to estimate that. It may depend also on camera electronics. The Sony A7rII seems to have a sweep time of 1/14s, but they go down to 12-bits depth in ES mode.

http://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/how-fast-is-the-sony-17rii-silent-shutter/

The 30% faster assumption is a reasonable one, as each column contains something like 41% more pixels on the IQ3-100 MP sensor compared to the 50 MP sensor.

Best regards
Erik

Erik,

I would be curious as to your estimate of the fastest scan time they could achieve?  I think the IQ3 100 is something like 1.3 seconds, I assume the smaller sensor would make that faster, (maybe around 30%?).

[voidshatter]

Wow!

If the scan time of the ES of the GFX is almost as good as that of the A7R-II then Hasselblad X1D might be in trouble should they choose not to implement it!

[Telecaster]

This is looking pretty good. Might have to lay down some ca$h on camera gear this year.

-Dave-

[Bo_Dez]

EFC is excellent and extremely useful. Full Electronic would be a massive achievement, but I will hold off for comment until I see how bad the rolling shutter is on such a large sensor. There are plenty of small cameras which have terrible rolling shutter effects so we shall see.