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Tuesday, June 01, 2021

Checking the DPR Claimed K-3 III "Shutter Shock" Issue

With DPR claiming that the "shutter shock" of their K-3 III under test was unavoidable by whatever means at low ISO speeds of 100 and 200 with a lower shutter speed, I have tried to resemble their test using the same ISO, time value, lens model and focal to verify the case. Here we go:


ISO100 ISO200  


So, any shake and "shutter shock" that you can see? I don't, do you? :-D And, I took my shots handheld through the finder, without any tripod but with SR turned on.

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I have no intention of any to defend for Pentax but as usual, I blog, you decide! ;-P
2 replies · active 198 weeks ago
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GlassJunkie · 198 weeks ago

I agree with your findings on my copy...
Maybe DPR used Live View to shoot but I didn't. Would re-visit the case using LV again.
Maybe they used a strong AA setting?
1 reply · active 198 weeks ago
The AA Filter Simulator was defaulted Off unless they turned it On.
Impossible to say. Did you use un-sharpened RAWs (no sharpening dialed in the RAW converter) (no JPEGs, not even default-sharpened), else, sharpening would conceal the issue. Your shot looks sharpened to me (maybe unintentionally, if these are some default sharpening settings).

It would also be helpful (or even required) to see an A/B comparison next a known shutter-blur-safe (i.e. shorter) exposure time.

I guess it needs a careful and diligent testing workflow (like the one DPR are used to) to really expose the issue.
1 reply · active 198 weeks ago
I only shot direct out of camera jpegs in Natural colour mode with Sharpness at +1 (but not Fine Sharpness as defaulted).

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