How to mitigate rolling shutter in the Sony a7R II

There isn’t much you can do to get rid of rolling shutter artifacts, but there are a few tricks that can help ease the pain.

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Takeaways

Remember, rolling shutter is not bad, it’s the slow sensor readout that causes the skew or artifact.

Follow these steps to mitigate rolling shutter artifacts:

• Shoot in full frame mode over APS-C mode.
• For 1080p work, increase the frame rate to 50/60p, or if you are happy with 720p, then you can take it up to 100/120p. But remember, this results in files that are worse for color grading and will lower resolution.
• For 4K, shoot at 30p.
• When panning, try to pan right to left. If camera is static, try to get motion from left to right.
• Use wide angle lenses whenever possible.

Things that DON’T HELP:

• Changing the shutter speed either up or down DOES NOT HELP.
• Using a tripod or SteadyShot DOES NOT HELP.
• Tilting the camera DOES NOT HELP.
• Lowering the frame rate DOES NOT HELP.