I really do need to study the manual more closely....
MARK!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Walters" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Enablement: Gear of the Year 2009
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
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