 Pam A. Femrite-Philiph |
using mirror lockup I am using a film camera. The Canon Elan 7NE. I want a razor sharp photo and thought I would try using the mirror lockup. The info book is too vague. I tried it and found I did not know how it should go, how will it look to me or sound to me during the shot so that I know I did it right? Can someone tell me what it is like? I do not know how else to word this. Do I have to open and shut the shutter as I do when I use Bulb? When I tried it before I kept waiting for the sound that comes when the shot has been taken and it didn't happen. Does anyone understand what I am asking?
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
What's the manual say? The sound of the shutter is much quieter than the sound of the mirror when it when it comes to a stop. However it's actually activated, be it pressing the shutter release twice or some other way, the mirror comes up and you'll see the viewfinder go black.
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Jon Close |
p. 75 of the manual. Custom function 5 set to 1 enables the mirror lock up. A full press the shutter button will flip up the mirror and hold it there. A second full press is needed to open the shutter and take the photo. The mirror will flip back down automatically when the shutter closes. The mirror flipping up makes a relatively loud "clack". The shutter and film advance make a more subtle "vvrrtt" and whir noise. If 30 seconds pass without a 2nd full shutter press, the mirror flips back down without a shot being taken. If the self-timer is active, then the operation is a little different. At any timed shutter speed, a single full-press of the shutter button flips the mirror up, then after 10 seconds the shutter automatically fires. If set for BULB, then the shutter button must be held down during the entire 10-second delay and for as long as one wants the shutter open.
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Andy |
You can also look through the viewfinder to see if the mirror has locked up after your first fully press of the shutter. You won't see anything because the mirror is flipped upward blocking the viewfinder. After you press the shutter fully the second time and the picture is taken, it will flip back down and you can view through the viewfinder again.
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