Mirror Lockup .......how?

If you have a sensible camera, you press the mirror up button and, not too surprisingly, the mirror raises and viewfinder goes black. Then when you take the picture only the shutter moves, causing little or no vibration and the camera resets again as it would normally.

If you shoot canon like us, you drill down through the endless menus to the mirror up setting and select.

Now the camera will flip up the mirror in the first press of the shutter button and fire the shutter on the second. If you're on self timer, the mirror goes up when you press the button to trigger the countdown and the shutter fires at the end as normal.

If you're after top quality and want to dot and cross all the i's and t's then it's camera on a tripod, mirror up and remote release. That's the best chance of making sure there is no movement at all in the camera.
 
If you have Live View switch that on.
I can do it via LV or the damned menus.
 
Note that on the D3/D3x, after Mirror-Up mode is selected, the shutter will operate after 30 seconds regardless, unless another function is selected...
So do all your metering and focussing etc before you select it - besides which, unless you have Live View selected, you won't be able to see anything...lol
 
dazzajl said:
.......Now the camera will flip up the mirror in the first press of the shutter button and fire the shutter on the second. If you're on self timer, the mirror goes up when you press the button to trigger the countdown and the shutter fires at the end as normal.

If you're after top quality and want to dot and cross all the i's and t's then it's camera on a tripod, mirror up and remote release. That's the best chance of making sure there is no movement at all in the camera.
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Ahhh! Thank you so much!

So....I fix camera to tripod having set mirror lock up in the menu; compose; choose my exposure settings; focus; then press the shutter once to flip the mirror, wait a couple of seconds, then press again to actually capture the image......is that right?

:thumbs: :bonk:
 
is that right?
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Spot on. :thumbs:

I would suggest though that if you're not using a remote release, to use the self timer. Otherwise you have to touch the camera again to take the pic and cause more vibrations.
 
dazzajl said:
Spot on. :thumbs:

I would suggest though that if you're not using a remote release, to use the self timer. Otherwise you have to touch the camera again to take the pic and cause more vibrations.
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Agree. Once set up do what he said as this removes more chance of camera shake. I tried this set up this afternoon and got very sharp shots.

Also if you have IS on your lens and you are using a tripod then turn the IS off as it slightly shakes the camera.

Here is my shot using live view, then mirror up and 2 second timer on a tripod....and it was windy!

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photostar_1 said:
Excuse me for being thick, but can you explain just how I do it in live view?? :shrug:
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To use Live view i think it needs turning on in the menu. Once it's activated all you do is press the 'SET' button on the back wheel on the 40d and the screen will show what the sensor is seeing. You can zoom in by pressing the right hand button that's at the top corner. Press once for x5 zoom and again for x10 zoom. This will ensure the best focus if focusing manually. Then use the timer or remote (best) and bingo!
 
AndyWest said:
To use Live view i think it needs turning on in the menu. Once it's activated all you do is press the 'SET' button on the back wheel on the 40d and the screen will show what the sensor is seeing. You can zoom in by pressing the right hand button that's at the top corner. Press once for x5 zoom and again for x10 zoom. This will ensure the best focus if focusing manually. Then use the timer or remote (best) and bingo!
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Cheers Andy!
 
photostar_1 said:
Excuse me for being thick, but can you explain just how I do it in live view?? :shrug:
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I cannot speak exactly for your camera since I am not familiar with it, but I just turn on Live View using the switch on the camera body. This causes the mirror to lock up until the picture is taken.
I then compose etc. via the LCD and fire the shutter.

I am sure all cameras that have LV will be similar except that some will not have a dedicated switch, but require LV to be enabled via a menu.
 
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