By You’ve probably seen it in videos: that strange jello-like wobble when panning quickly, or propeller blades that appear bizarrely bent mid-flight. That’s rolling shutter at work, and it’s been the standard in most cameras for years. Global shutter, once reserved for high-end cinema and industrial cameras, is now making its way into consumer gear, promising to eliminate these distortions entirely.
The difference comes down to how your camera’s sensor captures light. A rolling shutter reads image data line by line, like a scanner moving across a page. Fast-moving subjects can shift position between the first …
