5Dmk3 Mirror Lock Up
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Terry_Lasater
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ROCKMORE
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That take care if it.
Thanks Terry
ROCKMORE
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The instructions are clear except I'm not sure if the mirror will remain up after one shot. Anybody have experience with this?
[FONT="]To set the mirror lock feature [/FONT]
[FONT="]1. Press the Menu button and turn the Main Dial to access the Shoot 1 menu screen.[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Turn the Quick Control Dial to select Mirror lockup. Press the Setting button[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. Turn the Quick Control Dial to select Enable. Press the setting button.[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. Exit the menu and set up your shot.[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. Press the shutter button completely to raise the mirror[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. Press the shutter button a second time and take the picture[/FONT]
Celluloid Dream
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The Mirror does not remain up after 1 shot. It comes down after the shot is taken, goes back up again on the first full press of the shutter button, picture is taken on the second press, etc...
Mirror Lockup is a deprecated way to shoot photos with modern Canon DSLRs, a remnant from film SLRs. It is still there, but smart people don't use it anymore. Live View shooting is much better from several standpoints.
1. Higher end Canon's such as the 7D, 5D3, 1DX, and 1DC have an electronic shutter they can use in Live View mode, lessening wear on the mechanism during multiple exposures or timelapse. (Edit, they actually all have this electronic shutter, but the Rebel series have to reset the mirror after each shot, so more wear and tear.)
2. It has been tested and proven by photo geeks, that due to basically zero mechanical vibration, live view mode is sharper than mirror lockup, even on very steady mounts/tripods.
3. Obviously Live View mode provides a wysiwyg preview before firing the shutter.
Mirror Lockup is a deprecated way to shoot photos with modern Canon DSLRs, a remnant from film SLRs. It is still there, but smart people don't use it anymore. Live View shooting is much better from several standpoints.
1. Higher end Canon's such as the 7D, 5D3, 1DX, and 1DC have an electronic shutter they can use in Live View mode, lessening wear on the mechanism during multiple exposures or timelapse. (Edit, they actually all have this electronic shutter, but the Rebel series have to reset the mirror after each shot, so more wear and tear.)
2. It has been tested and proven by photo geeks, that due to basically zero mechanical vibration, live view mode is sharper than mirror lockup, even on very steady mounts/tripods.
3. Obviously Live View mode provides a wysiwyg preview before firing the shutter.
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Bassman2003
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The only drawback I can see with live view is the increased probability of dust on the sensor. This has been dealt with in recent models with cleaning or vibration cycles, but the sensor being charged and open attracts dust which does not show very easily in lower res video but will show up on higher res, small aperature photos. Probably good practice to close live view every once and a while and run the dust cleaning cycle.