I'm not sure you read my response closely enough where I suspected that
the mirror might still open and close in live view. Also it would
appear that you missed Moose's post where he confirmed it by detailing
the full shooting cycle. I'll copy his post below
Chuck Norcutt
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from Moose
I don't recall the E-510 ever having reports of shutter vibration. In
any case, it will be no better using live view.
When you push the shutter button:
1. Curtain closes.
2. Mirror goes down.
3. AF, if set on, which requires the mirror to be down..
4. Mirror goes up.
6. First curtain opens.
7. Exposure.
8. Second curtain closes.
7. Live view returns.
With AF on in good light, short shutter speed, this takes about two seconds.
Simple AF in LV also requires a mirror cycle
More here. <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse510/7>
Live View on DSLRs is useful, but clumsy. Infinitely better on ILCs
Viewed Live Moose
On 4/1/2014 8:41 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>> Now I have a question that reverts back to the E-510 that I'm
>>> now getting familiar with. When you choose "live view", does
>>> this raise the mirror and reduce the major source of vibration
>>> when releasing the shutter?
>>
>>
>> I think your question got lost in the excitement over EFC. I don't
>> have an E-510 so can't really answer your question. Certainly,
>> live view must raise the mirror to expose the sensor to feed an
>> image to the screen. However, I don't know what it does when you
>> press the shutter button. Since there is no EFC on the E-510 it
>> must at least close the shutter and re-open it for the exposure.
>> Whether it also drops and re-opens the mirror is something I can't
>> answer. But you should be able to answer your own question by just
>> removing the lens, going into live view and then pressing the
>> shutter while you watch the activity of the mirror (assuming it
>> will allow live view with the lens removed).
>>
>
> Duh! I should have thought of that myself. Yes, choosing live view
> does raise the mirror, making the E-510 a better choice for field
> work than the E-500 since that takes care of a vibration problem.
> I'm going to build up the courage to remove the body back and repair
> the missing connection for the wired remote. That, after all, was
> the feature that made me buy this in the first place.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson
>
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