Art Searle wrote: >If the F100's shutter is anything like the F5's, I wonder if I'd use MLU >even if it had it. At the risk of starting something, I'd just like to say I agree wholeheartedly with this. I've always regarded the 35mm camera (any make) as just what Oscar Barnack invented it to be: a small, handy, go-anywhere piece of gear that could grab the shots that bigger cameras couldn't. I use 5x4, medium format, and 35mm, and if I were taking a Nikon out into the country, the last thing I'd think of taking would be a tripod, for instance. Bean bag, maybe...These cameras weren't meant for that kind of treatment, it defeats the object completely. I'm not saying that anyone's *wrong* to use a tripod, this is just *my* opinion, so don't slap me too hard, I'm just passing on what I've found over the years...if you try the DOF preview on an F5, you'll find that it's *that* that makes most of the noise when the shutter goes off and, being a symetrical motion, it's not going to add any lateral vibration. The shutter is so vibrationless that mirror lock-up seems almost unecessary. Best Wishes, Paul Visit my Website at: http://www.paulbrad.demon.co.uk
