Help Guide

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-1 α1
Using the electronic shutter
Using the electronic shutter lets you perform various kinds of shooting that are difficult to achieve using the mechanical
shutter, such as shooting without sounds or shaking, shooting with a super-fast shutter, and blackout-free shooting*.
Shutter types and camera performance
The camera’s shutter speed range, shutter sound, occurrence of blackout, and availability of the anti-flicker shooting or
the flash for each setting are as follows:
Advanced shooting using the electronic shutter: Shooting without shutter sound
You can use the electronic shutter to shoot without shutter sound.
Advanced shooting using the electronic shutter: Blackout-free continuous shooting
You can use the electronic shutter to perform continuous shooting with focus and exposure tracking, without the screen
blacking out.
During blackout-free shooting, the screen does not black out or drop frames and you can keep looking at the subject through the viewfinder or
monitor while shooting images.
*
Shutter Type
Auto
Mechanical
Shutter
Electronic
Shutter
Shutter speed
Single shooting:
BULB – 1/32000
Continuous shooting:
0.5" – 1/32000
*1
Single shooting:
BULB – 1/8000
Continuous shooting:
30 – 1/8000
Single shooting:
30 – 1/32000
Continuous
shooting:
0.5" – 1/32000
Shutter sound
Single shooting: Mechanical shutter
sound
Continuous shooting: Electronic shutter
sound
*2
Mechanical shutter
sound
Electronic shutter
sound
Blackout
Single shooting: Occurs
Continuous shooting: Blackout-free
*3 *4
Occurs
Blackout-free
*4
Flash
Available
*1
Available Available
Anti-flicker shooting Available Available Available
Shooting with variable
shutter
Available Available Available
When shooting with a flash attached, shooting is performed with the mechanical shutter and the shutter speed range for continuous shooting is
0.5" to 1/8000 second.
*1
When shooting with a flash attached, shooting is performed with the mechanical shutter and the mechanical shutter sound is heard.
*2
When shooting with a flash attached, shooting is performed with the mechanical shutter and blackout occurs.
*3
When [
Shoot. Start Display] is set to [On], blackout occurs only when the first image is shot.
*4
MENU →
(Shooting) → [Shutter/Silent] → [ Silent Mode Settings] → [Silent Mode] → [On].1.
MENU →
(Shooting) → [Shutter/Silent] → [Shutter Type] → [Auto] or [Electronic Shutter].1.
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