Not sure why but, according to commentary on dpreview, viewing a live
image with the mirror locked up can only be done for short periods.
Chuck Norcutt
Johnny Johnson wrote:
> At 07:21 PM 1/12/2006, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
>
>>Several problems. First, locking the mirror up will probably shorten battery
>>life to unacceptable levels. Second, this will most likely require some sort
>>of electro-mechanical system, which would increase manufacturing costs
>>beyond acceptable, as profits on digital cameras are razor thin now.
>
>
> I've been asleep on this thread up until now but - the Canon 20Da
> allows the user to lock up the mirror, open the shutter and view a
> live image on the LCD monitor and/or a TV monitor connected to the
> camera's video out terminal. Canon does charge a bit more for this
> body though compared to the normal 20D.
>
> <http://consumer.usa.canon.com/app/html/d_eos/EOS_20Da_061705.htm>
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
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