Joe B. wrote: >I'm deciding between an EOS 1n and an EOS 3 and one of the issues is how >easy it is to lock the mirror up. I've had a 1n before and I recall the >mirror lockup was very easy and well thought out- you set the custom >function and then first press on the remote release fires the mirror and >the second press fires the shutter but if you don't release the shutter >for a while the mirror comes back down again and you don't waste that >shot. Best implementation I've encountered and that I think is a >reasonably accureate recall of how it was done. > >I've read somewhere that on the EOS 3 there is a bit more fiddling about >than the above routine and it involves opening the end door.
It's exactly the same as you described on the EOS 3. You have to open the palm door to set the custom function (that's where the button that sets all CFs is located). Once you have set the value of CF-12 to 1, the camera will always lock the mirror the first time you press the shutter, and fire the shutter the second time you press the shutter. It will do this for every shot, until you set CF-12 back to 0 again. If, in mirror-lock mode (CF-12 set to 1), you wait for more than 30 seconds before the second press of the shutter button, the mirror automatically comes back down again. If you want to manually release the mirror during the 30-second period, you have to turn the camera off and on again. Gerry * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
