I wrote: >>Does the cable remote have some additional functions that > > warrant purchasing it rather than the wireless one?
Sylwek replied: > Yes, two: > 1. No 2 sec. mirror lock-up with IR remote Pentax could easily correct this > in firmware...) > 2. No bulb mode lock (doable with firmware too - with first press you open > shutter, with second you close it :-) I was doing some macro work on a tripod and wanted to use mirror lockup with the remote: I referred to the manual to find out how and was astounded to discover that the 3 sec option on the remote doesn't allow mirror lock up! In the end I used the 2sec mode of the self timer (which does have mirror lockup) but I felt that the vibration of my finger pushing the shutter button cancelled out any advantage of using mirror lockup. I would have used the 12 sec option of the self timer but of course that doesn't have mirror lockup. Now, how easy would it have been to make the mirror lockup mode independant of the timer or remote? (it has even been done before with the K2). What were the *istD designers thinking?! As Alan Chan once said "Pentax obviously doesn't like to make a camera too perfect".
