Graywolf wrote: There is a old wife's tale that on the MX the self-timer prefires the mirror. I just checked and it does not do so on mine. Of course the MX has no mirror lock-up so it is even worse than the LX where you can use mirror lock-up and a cable release.
REPLY Not quite. If you tap the MX shutter release just right, the mirror will go up and stay there. You can then use a cable release to take the picture. I was able to do this with my Spotmatic, so I tried it with the MX. It takes practice, but it works. Larry
