On Jan 4, 2008 2:35 PM, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/01/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >With K10D and E-1 bodies, the only noticeable sound is the mirror > >clacking down and up again (with a manually focussed lens or the DA* > >lenses on the K10D). The K10D is a bit clattery sounding. The E-1 is > >quieter, sounds to me like a Contax RTS II body: a very smooth, snick- > >snick. With the L1 body, there is a noticeable wheeze after the > >mirror clacking down and making the exposure ... a slightly noisy > >shutter re-tension servo. The Fuji F30 makes a little servo noise > >prior to making the exposure but nothing afterwards. > > Th 1D series is the clack-clack type as well, with no wheeze.
I have a wheeze. > > I have a neat trick though: there's a user pref that allows not only > mirror lock up but also a time gap before the mirror drops back down > after exposure. Viz: > > First trip of the shutter and the mirror bounces up. (Of course, the > finder is now blacked out, so this only works well with shooting-from- > the-hip or whatever you want to call it). > > Second trip of the shutter and the exposure is made - but if the finger > is kept on the shutter release, the mirror stays up after the exposure, > only bouncing back down after the finger is lifted off the shutter release. > > So, you get a 'clack.......click...........clack'. Sounds like you have a three legged horse/mule/donkey, etc. Dave > > I assume one knows that a clack is louder than a simple little click :-) > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
