On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> hmm: I have never seen a point to being able to change drive mode >> while looking through the viewfinder ... particularly for doing stuff >> like setting a self-timer/mirror pre-fire. I only use that when I'm >> using a tripod. As long as I have to look at the body to set a >> switch, using the Fn menu is just as easy. > > I suspect you and I have very different shooting styles! I only use > mirror pre-fire when I have the camera on a tripod, but it's sometimes > a decision that I need to make very quickly in changing light.
Hmm? When I have the camera on a tripod, I *always* have the mirror pre-fire setting enabled unless I'm shooting at a motorsports event. I turn it on before I snap the camera into the QR clamp... Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
