Some have expressed dissatisfaction that the F100 does not have Mirror Lock
Up. I suggest that the lack of this feature may not be so bad. If the
shutter incorporates the same counter-balanced vibration free smoothness of
the F5, MLU may not be necessary in most instances. I am sure many F5
owners will attest to the smoothness of the F5's shutter. I offer the
following example though it really only demonstrates the quietness of the F5
shutter. You will have to extrapolate that with quietness comes smoothness.
I know a place here on Long Island where you can easily feed seeds to
Chickadees right out of your hand. I tried to take the picture of one using
an N90s and 60mm Micro Nikkor AFD lens. It wasn't until I got the pictures
back that I found out I did not have one shot of a Chickadee in my hand.
The noise of the N90s's shutter scared them away every time. The following
weekend I was back with an F5 and the same 60mm lens. Every shot came out
though a couple did have blurred wing movement as this sample does.
http://www.erols.com/w2nra/Photos-I-Like/Chickadee-in-hand.htm
If the F100's shutter is anything like the F5's, I wonder if I'd use MLU
even if it had it.
Art
Art Searle, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lake Grove, NY, USA
20 miles east of Nikon USA www.erols.com/w2nra
