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I was taking photographs of some demonic ritual while vacationing in Varanasi, India, when suddenly the shutter of my Sony A7 IV camera snapped. The kilometrage on that camera was around 23k photos at the time, but I wouldn't rule out demonic interference as the actual cause.
Anyway I couldn't take anymore photos that night and almost had a panic attack (tfw you get stuck in India and can't even take photographs) so I went back to my hotel to try and fix it, but nothing seemed to work so I ripped it out (picrel) and changed the settings to electronic shutter.
What's the difference between a mechanical and an electronic shutter when it comes to quality? Is there a difference only when what you're shooting is moving very fast? Also how much does it cost to replace the shutter plus the work? I'm considering just buying the A7R IV and keeping the current one as reserve.
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>>4497328
Here are some photos of the demonic ritual, if anyone is interested.
I'm the anon who opened the graffiti photography thread a while back. You guys basically told me to find more interesting subjects, so I booked a flight to India.
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>>4497330
This is the demon idol they were worshipping. Apparently it's a very powerful entity since they're performing the same fucking ritual every single night.
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>>4497332
One of the last photos I was able to take before the shutter snapped.
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>>4497333
And then this happened.
At first I thought I had some shit on the lens so I had to turn the camera around and check closely. The paki sitting next to me noticed something was wrong and, while he seemed very interested, offered his help to inspect the camera as well.
I'm entirely convinced the real reason behind why this shit happened is because the demons orchestrating the ritual didn't like it I was taking photographs and somehow fucked with my camera.
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>>4497328
>Is there a difference only when what you're shooting is moving very fast?
Mainly.
Readout on the a7iv is 1/15, so if what you are capturing moved significantly in that time it will get distorted like in pic related since there's ~1/15 time difference from the first line of the image to the last.
https://horshack-dpreview.github.io/RollingShutter/#Sony%20A7%20IV
>What's the difference between a mechanical and an electronic shutter when it comes to quality?
there's some minor change to dynamic range and under flickering LED you will get banding.
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>>4497484
But i am the sony shill, i am racist, and i wasnt banned. The thirdie spamming AI slop was probably related to the sony hater since only thirdies hate sony.
>>4497328
Did you use the shutter closed when off function? It destroys shutters. Most a7iv and canon rf shutter failures are from people using their shutter as a dust cover.
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>OH N-
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>>4497493
>Did you use the shutter closed when off function?
No, but like I said I'm pretty sure it got fucked up because of demonic possession. Not any other reason. Picrel is where they burn bodies all day and all night, so that's probably where it happened. There was a very strong presence in the air. When you think about it a camera is a pretty reasonable target. It has circuits running through it, electrical components, a power source, etc, so maybe it's not "alive" in a true biological sense but it's not completely dead either.
I'm going to get the A7R IV or V next month even though I can barely afford to eat. If I can't take high quality photos I might as well just die. Also 61mp sounds fucking insane.
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>>4497649
>if not
This is not a demon?