Now I understand...thanks. I can't see how it would be too harmful if you did it occasionally. However, it couldn't be a good thing in bodies that were not designed to have the springs/mechanisms holding the mirror up on purpose. If it is by 'slight of hand' so too speak, I could see some damage to the mirror assembly sooner or later if it was used constantly. Maybe I am paranoid too?
Cheers
Shaun
frank theriault wrote:
Hi, Shaun, Gently flick the shutter release with a fingernail, so that it depresses about 1/2 way and immediately comes back up. The mirror goes up, and stays there. The shutter does not fire. Then, depress the release fully, the shutter fires, and the mirror goes down.I'm not that good at it, and sometimes accidentally fire off the shutter when I do it, but more often than not it works. The reason that I've never used it to actually take a photo is: 1) I've never had a reason to, 2) Fear of wasting film if I accidentally fire the shutter whilst trying to only lock up the mirror, and, 3) I've heard somewhere that this isn't a really good thing to do to the shutter mechanism (although I've also heard the contrary, from people on this list that have said that they've been doing it for over 20 years with the same body, with no ill effects - but I'm still cautious <g>). ciao, frank Shaun Canning wrote:What on earth is the 'thumbnail flick' MLU Frank?-- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer .
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