I think this procedure is nonsensical. To enable this tapping the shutter "mirror lock," you have to shoot without a cable release. But I'd be willing to bet that a finger on the shutter button creates more movement than the mirror. What's the point? I've tried it with Spotmatics. As Scoot would say, "It sucks." Paul
Alan Chan wrote: > > > >maybe some of the many MX owners can help me: > > >Does it have a mirror lock up? > > > >MLU is an undocumented (and unsupported) feature of the MX. Try tapping > >the release button. After some practice (with no film in the camera) you > >may get the mirror to lock up without releasing the shutter. > > I have had 2 MX and my 1st one died soon after I tried this many times (both > bought used). I do not know if the death was related to this practice, but > the Pentax service man said I was crazy to do this. Some people also said > this was due to worn mechanisms and this practce would wear them out a lot > faster than designed. I do not know if these were true but consider the MX > has rather little vibration compared to other SLRs, I don't bother to try > this anymore just to be safe. Have anyone practised this consistantly for > years without problem? > > regards, > Alan Chan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
