Sorry for the ignorance, but the thought just occurred to me and I would like to understand how it works. The image that is seen in the viewfinder is coming from the image sensor, so the mechanical shutter would need to be open most of the time, would it not? So what happens when a single photo is taken? When the shutter button is depressed for a single photo, does the shutter close, open (this is where the image is captured - I'm guessing that this image is also transferred to the viewfinder to minimize viewfinder blackout? ), close and then open (so the image is restored in the viewfinder) again for a single photo? What is going on when you take a burst of photos (12 fps in the case of the R5)? I'm guessing that when the shutter button is depressed, the shutter closes to begin the burst and then works like a normal camera during the burst - transmitting each image taken to the viewfinder - until the shutter button is released at which time the shutter returns to full open?
This is what seems would be happening, but I just wanted to make sure that I understand what is happening. It seems like for single images the camera goes through two full shutter actuations?
This is what seems would be happening, but I just wanted to make sure that I understand what is happening. It seems like for single images the camera goes through two full shutter actuations?