mirror lock up ?

Yeah, that little padding is there. It helps to control the noise of the mirror somewhat, but doesn't really do a whole lot for the vibrations caused by the mirror. It helps a little and it does help protect the miror from the shock of constantly flopping up and hitting a solid surface. Try this...take glass half full of water and rap the side of it with a pencil. You will see ripples on the water from the vibration and you will hear a sharp rap of the pencil on the side of the glass. Now tape a little piece of cloth to the side of the glass and rap the glass again on the piece of cloth. You will find that the noise is damped somewhat, but the vibration is still there.

G3, you really think that manufactors wouldn't put useless stuff on their product years after they are no longer used or needed? Or even if they were never needed or used in the first place?

Bob, nobody asks you about your eyeHawk, uh, I mean the Hawkeye, because this is a Canon forum, not a Kodak forum.

Mike

mjordan wrote:
G3, you really think that manufactors wouldn't put useless stuff on their product years after they are no longer used or needed? Or even if they were never needed or used in the first place?

Bob, nobody asks you about your eyeHawk, uh, I mean the Hawkeye, because this is a Canon forum, not a Kodak forum.

Mike

Not if they want to remain competitive....at least not something like that. Consumers are not completely stupid, and the manufacturers know that. Also, you'll notice that it's mostly the higher-end cameras that have that feature...mostly cameras that are aimed toward the pro market and the advanced amateur market. Does it make sense that they would put a feature on camera that is useless (and adds cost), then aim it at the consumers that know the most about photography?

G3, does it makes sense? No. But they still do it. So somebody must think it makes sense (and I'm not talking about the mirror lock up either, I used it on my RB67 all the time although I've never used it on any of my Canon cameras yet).

Mike

Mike,
I can't think of a feature on my 10D, EOS3, M645 or any other camera that somebody doesn't have a use for. Just because I might not use a feature doesn't mean that nobody has a use for it. I could understand the logic you are using if cameras were custom built for every user, but they aren't. Manufacturers try to make them come as close as possible to meeting the needs of every user in that product's target market. So, they will have lots and lots of features on them, some you may never use but other people will and some you use but some other customers never will.

Can you give me an example of a feature that is useless?

G

No, this is far more fun to watch

mjordan wrote:
Bob, nobody asks you about your eyeHawk, uh, I mean the Hawkeye, because this is a Canon forum, not a Kodak forum.

Maybe I can buy an EF-S lens and grind off the back end so that I can mount it on my Hawkeye.

---Bob Gross---

small word of caution.....

I used mirror lock-up today. Later on when I was putting the camera away I was very alarmed at the new rattling sound the 10D was making when I moved it. Turned out I had left mirror lock-up enabled and that thing was slapping around in there what a relief!!