On 06/01/2008, Ali Shah <alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> http://tinyurl.com/2naae8
His comments about MLU & self-timers, and how neither manufacturer has
got it right yet set me to thinking. I don't think Oly has got this
right either. We have MLU in the form of "Anti-shake", which
essentially duplicates the function of a self-timer (except the self
timer doesn't do MLU like OM-2SP and OM-4 used to do, which is
puzzling). Plus you have to go through the menus to get anti-shake,
then go through the menus again to turn it off - several times I've
forgotten to do that last step then missed a shot next time I've used
the camera.
So my preferred solution would be something like this:
Dedicated MLU (& aperture pre-fire) button, somewhere around the lens
mount. Press this and the mirror is released and aperture stopped
down immediately. Then you press the shutter release, which activates
a timer, whose factory default is zero, and when that's counted down
the shutter fires. This MLU shutter delay would be configured via the
menus, as anti-shake now is. Note that this delay is invoked *only*
if the MLU button has been pressed. Flashing lights for the last
couple of seconds, like you get with a self-timer would be good too.
That would avoid the little pitfall I mentioned, and combine the
functions of anti-shake and self-timer. Hmm, If one could re-program
the DOF preview button, that could be done in firmware with an E-3.
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