[LRflex] Re: Table-top Macro Work.
- From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:06:49 -0800
At 08/01/2007, you wrote:
>David,
>
>Here is the "same thing only different," as we used to say.
>
>On Jan 8, 2007, at 12:34 PM, David Young wrote:
>
>"I use the mirror-pre release in conjunction with the R8's self
>timer. You press the button, the mirror flies up, the camera
>stabilizes and 12 seconds later the shutter fires, returning the
>mirror..."
>
>I don't know if my R9 is the same as an R8 but for close up macros, I
>close off the viewfinder with its shutter lever, push the lever on
>the front of the camera body to "Mirror up" position (the up arrow),
>and then take hold of the cable release I've screwed into the socket
>in the shutter speed dial.
>
>The first press of the cable release raises the mirror, and the
>second very sl-o-o-o-o-w and gentle press, a few (or many) moments
>later, releases the shutter.
>
>I become the self-timer; it seems to do the job, and saves having to
>fiddle with the back of the camera, which is often stuck up amongst
>the tripod legs, to induce the camera's self-timer mode.
>
>All my best,
>
>Bill
Hi Bill!
Yup! Both methods work. I use the self-timer because [a] it works,
without the even slight risk of vibration that might be induced by
the cable release motion and [b] because I'm usually too lazy to go
and find my cable release. Like you, I've first flipped the mirror
lever to the "up" position, so it will pre-fire.
And, yes, other than a few internal bits to make the R8 work for
slickly with the DMR, the R8 and R9 are, in function, identical bodies
As for blocking off the eyepiece with the eyepiece shutter, it's a
good idea... or so "they" say. But I now don't bother, for I have
NEVER had it make any practical difference to the exposure.
Hey! Whatever works is good!
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
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