P�l wrote: >David wrote: > >> The MZ-S does not have manual mirror lock up so it would not be suitable >> for macro, close up & landscape photography for me. > > But surely the mirror prefire feature is great for landscapes? I use it all > the time; no need to carry and use cable or remote releases. Very convenient.
The mirror-pre-fire vs. mirror-lock-up is one of the perennial debates. As a landscape guy, I personally side with P�l most of the time; not having to have a cable release is much more useful to me and makes this "automatic" mirror lock-up convenient in more situations than manual mirror lock-up (because I so often get caught out without a cable release handy). That said, the original poster's example of shooting plants in the wild and having to wait for a momentary lull in the wind to get the shot is a good example (the only real example I ever encounter) of a situation in which you need a manual mirror lock-up. For me, this only accounts for perhaps 10% of the mirror lock-up shooting I do, so I find mirror pre-fire better 90% of the time and manual lock-up better 10% of the time. If you're a big time flower photographer, your ratios will be reversed. Perhaps some day there'll be a Pentax with both options. Until then I'm glad my MZ-S and PZ-1p have the auto pre-fire version of mirror lock-up for 90% of my shooting (and I'm glad I have a K2 for the other 10%). -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
