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>You'll certainly NEVER see rolling shutter in any PRACTICAL application for video unless you pan like a true madman

Fast lateral movement doesn't just happen on a whip pan. Any scene involving fast vehicles, high speed machinery or strong vibration is likely to have some level of rolling shutter artifacts. Many perfectly normal tracking shots will have some artifacts, particularly if you're shooting handheld. Modern fast-readout sensors are very good, but they aren't perfect; to a great extent, we've just got used to seeing mild rolling shutter artifacts and don't immediately recognise them as an image quality defect.

There are still lots of good reasons to use rolling readout sensors, but there are also many real advantages to global sensors.




> lots of good reasons to use rolling readout sensors

Like what? Just curious, but the only reason I know of is that they're cheaper, or you already have them.


They also tend to have better dynamic range and noise performance.




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