On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:10 +0200, "eckinator" <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/9/16 Brian Walters <[email protected]>: > > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:36 -0400, "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I've been using the Pentax Remote Control F > >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/accessories/Remote_Control_F/ > >> for the same reasons for several years now - quite happy with it. > > > > I'm using an old IR remote off one of Pentax's old film compact cameras > > - works well and cheap too! > > > > My problem with IR remotes is that they don't trigger the mirror-up, > > self timer option that the wired remotes do (at least they don't on the > > *istDS and K200D). And using an IR remote from behind the camera > > requires a bit of flexibility that I'm sadly lacking these days :-)> > > > > When I'm doing landscape photography using a tripod, I like to use the > > mirror-up option to minimize camera shake. The fact that the K-x and > > K-r don't have a wired remote port (when the earlier low-end cameras > > did) is very disappointing. > > I use the remote control F with my K10D with the 3 second MLU remote > option and it works fine. Buying a stiffer tripod helped, too =)
OK, it seems I was wrong - not for the first time and definitely not for the last. The IR remote *does* trigger a mirror-up option on the K200D. In my defence the manual is ambiguous. In describing the self timer operation, the manual specifically mentions that the mirror goes up with the 2 sec delay option, but when discussing the 3 sec delay with the IR remote it doesn't mention mirror-up. So I assumed (wrongly - I just tested it) that the mirror only went up when the shutter opened. I really do need to study the manual more closely.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- 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.
