Works on the K1000 too.

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Levy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 17-Oct-03 13:09
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Subject: Re: Long exposure question


Graywolf wrote:
There is a old wife's tale that on the MX the self-timer prefires the
mirror. I
just checked and it does not do so on mine. Of course the MX has no mirror
lock-up so it is even worse than the LX where you can use mirror lock-up and
a
cable release.

REPLY

Not quite. If you tap the MX shutter release just right, the mirror will go
up and stay there. You can then use a cable release to take the picture.

I was able to do this with my Spotmatic, so I tried it with the MX. It takes
practice, but it works.


Larry


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