1/16000sec

[meerec]

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OK ... So I've applied the firmware 2.0 — v COOL!

However, where is the promised electronic shutter speed 1/16000 sec? What am I missing? I'm not able to set it ...

[david perry]

You set it from the camera menu (UL button press) and its on the same screen as Interval, flash settings, exposure preview etc. Just set Electronic shutter to on. All speeds above 1/8000, i.e. 1/10000 to 1/16000,  are then electronic and utterly silent

[Ingo]

I'm wondering if it will be possible to use the electronic shutter also for slower shutter speeds after the next update.
It would be perfect to have a 'no noise' camera.

[tomtom]

at slower shutter speeds this would also be perfect to do timeLaps stuff without worrying to wear out the shutter mechanism.

[jrp]

Yes, but you may find that it adversely affects the image quality in some circumstances, if it's anything like the Sony.  It would be good to know when not to use it.

[LocalHero1953]

I don't understand the technology and engineering involved in an electronic shutter: but I do know that the Olympus OMD EM5ii implemented it at most normal speeds without obvious harm to IQ. So I hope that this will change in future f/w as Leica develops it further.

[ramarren]

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I don't understand the technology and engineering involved in an electronic shutter: but I do know that the Olympus OMD EM5ii implemented it at most normal speeds without obvious harm to IQ. So I hope that this will change in future f/w as Leica develops it further.

 

 

Electronic shutter technology is complex, timing-wise, and very very hardware dependent on both shutter and sensor implementation. 

 

• With the Sony A7, the EFCS option caused exposure problems at shutter times shorter than 1/1000 second, which became progressively worse as the shutter speed is increased. 
• With the Olympus E-M1, EFCS operation was added to solve micro-jitter in a particular range. It is enabled along with a minute shutter actuation delay (less than 1/1000 second) and deactivated at any exposure shorter than 1/320 second. 
• The Olympus E-M5ii, with a completely different sensor and a new shutter timing implementation, implements full electronic shutter over a reasonably wide range with only a small number of degradations to image quality/geometry. 

 

 

Exactly where it can go with the SL beyond where it is now depends upon how reprogrammable the existing hardware is and what its capabilities are, and may require a hardware update for some kinds of new features. Only Leica will be able to determine that.

[Bill W]

After reading the post regarding electronic shutter, my question is whether one should leave this option on or off? Obviously the owners manual was written before this was part of an update to the firmware so there is nothing there. Personally I doubt I wold ever have the need for a shutter speed this allows. So to those that have a better understanding, "on or off"

[Donzo98]

After reading the post regarding electronic shutter, my question is whether one should leave this option on or off? Obviously the owners manual was written before this was part of an update to the firmware so there is nothing there. Personally I doubt I wold ever have the need for a shutter speed this allows. So to those that have a better understanding, "on or off"

 

I am leaving mine off for now... with ISO 50 and only the 24-90 to use until to M to SL adapter arrives, I certainly won't need it.

 

With my Nikon D810... there were times when I used 1/8000 and ISO 64. The Nikon DF had 1/4000 only with a base ISO of... one of the reasons I sold it.

 

With the SL.... 1/16,000 and ISO 50 should be a dream even with a Noctilux.

[LocalHero1953]

Mine is on permanently, but I rarely shoot at that speed.

[ramarren]

I leave electronic shutter on in the SL. It only engages when needed and the image quality with it in this implementation is no different from mechanically timed shutter exposures that I can see. Leica implemented it conservatively, and correctly.