MR> As a landscape guy, I personally side with P�l most of the time; not having MR> to have a cable release is much more useful to me and makes this "automatic" MR> mirror lock-up convenient in more situations than manual mirror lock-up [...] MR> Perhaps some day there'll be a Pentax with both options. Until then I'm MR> glad my MZ-S and PZ-1p have the auto pre-fire version of mirror lock-up MR> for 90% of my shooting (and I'm glad I have a K2 for the other 10%).
But there is such Pentax! It's all the bodies with mechanical MLU (except LX)! I use my K2DMD without cable release too! You know what is it called? SELFTIMER ;-) Yep, on the K2 one can engage MLU and than use selftimer (set on short delay). But I guess on the LX it's impossible as one cannot engage both at once. The KX should work the same as K2. Some other situations where mechanical MLU is much useful: 1) obviously, nature photo (animals, flowers in wind, even landscapes sometimes but not much - e.g. now the trees are windless,...) 2) low light photography handheld! With a wideangle, I can significantly reduce blurring of the subject while handholding a 1/8 or similar speed when I engage the MLU before I shoot. The composition is easy to keep the same. 3) Or add a viewfinder from a RF camera on top of prism to use with the 20mm and voila, you have VERY quiet body people don't notice you have taken a photo. Focusing by guess is easy with superwides. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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 .
