07-24-2010, 09:53 AM
[quote name='Alexander ' date='24 July 2010 - 07:32 AM' timestamp='1279953154' post='1268']
I use Pentax, and the way they set up how you choose mirror lock up and shutter delay really bugs me. It's like this on the old 135 film Z-1p, the digital K10D and my current, the K-x. So I assume it's on all Pentax cameras.
You have one option to have mirror lock-up, then you also get a 2 second delay from when you push the shutter (on the camera or via cable release, not remote control), and then you have the second option, which is a 12 second delay before the shutter goes off, but you don't get any mirror lock-up then. There is a third option, it's when you use a remote control. Then you get a instant shutter action, or the mirror goes up and then the picture is taken 3 seconds later.
It's the two options not related to the remote control that really bugs me. There are two options. With two options you could have one that asks: Do you want mirror lock-up or not. And the answer can be yes or no. The second option could then be: How long a shutter delay do you want? And then you scroll to the number you want, 1-99 seconds, or a set number of options like 2, 12, 30 etc.. If you then have chosen "Yes" for mirror lock-up, the mirror goes up right away, and then after the set time, the picture is taken.
Still two options, but so much more possibilities.
I can understand the limited possibilities on the old Z-1p, but now on the digital SLRs they make, I don't get it.
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Canon's mirror lock up implementation is really quite simple and good, in my opinion (except that there is no mirror lock up button, of course... but you can't have a button for everything and still end up with an easy to use camera).
You activate mirror lock up, so you can use it.
Then, when you press the shutter button, the mirror will go up. For the rest, nothing happens. Only when you press the shutter button again (obviously, via a remote... else mirror lock up has little use <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ) a photo gets taken. No fiddly stuff with setting a timer, just simple.
The camera keeps using mirror lock up until you switch it off again.
If you have mirror lock up "on", and you use it in combination with the self release timer, and you press the shutter button, the mirror goes up, and after 2 seconds the photo gets taken.
Obviously, with this implementation, it is easy for remotes to add functionality to this, you can then via a remote make a variable timer period between the mirror going up and the photo being taken.
I use Pentax, and the way they set up how you choose mirror lock up and shutter delay really bugs me. It's like this on the old 135 film Z-1p, the digital K10D and my current, the K-x. So I assume it's on all Pentax cameras.
You have one option to have mirror lock-up, then you also get a 2 second delay from when you push the shutter (on the camera or via cable release, not remote control), and then you have the second option, which is a 12 second delay before the shutter goes off, but you don't get any mirror lock-up then. There is a third option, it's when you use a remote control. Then you get a instant shutter action, or the mirror goes up and then the picture is taken 3 seconds later.
It's the two options not related to the remote control that really bugs me. There are two options. With two options you could have one that asks: Do you want mirror lock-up or not. And the answer can be yes or no. The second option could then be: How long a shutter delay do you want? And then you scroll to the number you want, 1-99 seconds, or a set number of options like 2, 12, 30 etc.. If you then have chosen "Yes" for mirror lock-up, the mirror goes up right away, and then after the set time, the picture is taken.
Still two options, but so much more possibilities.
I can understand the limited possibilities on the old Z-1p, but now on the digital SLRs they make, I don't get it.
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Canon's mirror lock up implementation is really quite simple and good, in my opinion (except that there is no mirror lock up button, of course... but you can't have a button for everything and still end up with an easy to use camera).
You activate mirror lock up, so you can use it.
Then, when you press the shutter button, the mirror will go up. For the rest, nothing happens. Only when you press the shutter button again (obviously, via a remote... else mirror lock up has little use <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ) a photo gets taken. No fiddly stuff with setting a timer, just simple.The camera keeps using mirror lock up until you switch it off again.
If you have mirror lock up "on", and you use it in combination with the self release timer, and you press the shutter button, the mirror goes up, and after 2 seconds the photo gets taken.
Obviously, with this implementation, it is easy for remotes to add functionality to this, you can then via a remote make a variable timer period between the mirror going up and the photo being taken.