I did not know it works on other cameras as well Frank. Since I use a Spotmatic F could somebody tell me again what I have to too for the "mirror lock-up" trick? Just tap the shutter release a bit before taking the photo or what? thanks Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: MX flick On 12/18/06, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd never tried it before. > I always have film in my camera. > I finished a roll Saturday morning at my daughter's birthday breakfast > party. > I decided to try it. > It worked! > I can now do the mirror lock-up "flick" fairly consistently. > I was pretty excited at my success. > Nobody else understood. > I tried to explain. > They didn't get it. > Oh well. > Yeah, but we MX owners get it... ;-) Fun ain't it? BTW, I'm sure everyone else here knows it, but it works on Spotties as well. Probably K1000's as they essentially have the same shutter mechanism as Spotmatics. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
