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    Mirror lock-up (often abbreviated to MLU) is a feature employed in many Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras. It allows the operator to reduce vibration-induced...
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    1/400 sec shutter speed. Multiple exposures are possible in the M-mode. Mirror lock up is supported for long exposures and macro photography. The body has...
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    launched in 1969 (first generation) Asahi Pentax 6×7 (MLU) – with a mirror lock-up mechanism, launched in 1976 (second generation) Pentax 67 – with minor...
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    name the most obvious ones, include the shutter-release button, the mirror lock-up knob, the depth-of-field preview button and the lens-release button...
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  • unique to the OM-1, compared to the rest of the OM system, was its mirror lock-up facility which made it ideal for astrophotography and macrophotography...
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    overcome SLR mirror-slap by including a mirror lock-up feature in some cameras. This removes the camera-shake from the large slapping mirror inside the...
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    can be viewed for a maximum duration of thirty seconds, at which time mirror lock up is automatically cancelled and default function resumes. On August 9...
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    function properly. A few exotic fisheye lenses from the 1960s require mirror lock-up and therefore an auxiliary viewfinder is preferred. IX Nikkor lenses...
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  • factory. Mirror lock-up is a feature that can be added to these cameras. This removes the small amount of motion blur that can be caused by the mirror hitting...
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    The Autoreflex A is a stripped-down Autoreflex T without self-timer, mirror lock-up, depth-of-field preview, on/off-switch, and battery control, and with...
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    ser.# 385001-400000 Fisheye 6mm/5.6 (requires mirror lock-up) Fisheye 10mm/5.6 OP (requires mirror lock-up) PC Nikkor 28mm/4 below ser.# 180900 PC Nikkor...
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    camera at that location. Mirror lock-up: Canon considered the mirror in the T90 sufficiently damped as to need no mirror lock-up feature. Many users disagree...
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    plus inertial mass damping system to minimize mirror shock vibration effects and render a mirror lock-up feature unnecessary. The 1970s and 1980s were...
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    succeeded by the W.Rokkor-NL retrofocus lens, which did not require mirror lock-up. Fujinon-SW, a six-element, four-group design similar to the Super Angulon...
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    To avoid the noise and vibration, many professional cameras offer a mirror lock-up feature, however, this feature totally disables the SLR's automatic...
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    production discontinued December 2004. Improved version of the ETRS with mirror lock-up capability. Capable of through-the-lens off-the-filmplane (TTL-OTF)...
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    setting. This was used to reset the shutter mechanism in the event of mirror lock-up when the batteries were drained. The OM-2N MD, manufactured from 1979...
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    645NII was introduced in 2001. The main improvement was the addition of mirror lock-up. The 645NII provides 10 Pentax Functions [PF] to set the camera according...
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    means minimizing camera shake – using a tripod or alternative support, mirror lock-up, a cable release or timer, image stabilizing lenses – and optimal aperture...
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    frames per second with full autofocus, or 16 frames per second when in mirror lock-up mode. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 is capable of recording 40 still images...
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    II flash algorithm (improvement over the old E-TTL flash algorithm) Mirror lock-up Selectable AF and metering modes USB 2.0 interface (improved from the...
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    way the camera operates, which set options such as exposure steps, mirror lock-up, Power comes from one 2CR5 battery, an optional BP-E1 Battery Pack housing...
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  • photodiodes), visible aperture and shutter speeds in the viewfinder, and a mirror lock-up mechanism. The K2, the original flagship model, incorporated aperture-priority...
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    metering as well as lenses which jut out the F-mount (needing mirror lock-up on cameras with mirror). Although not recommended, it is used with teleconverters...
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    film pressure plate is significantly larger for better alignment. The mirror lock up lever is slightly larger for easier handling. The circular hump is removed...
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    achieve their maximum burst rate in mirror lock-up. Few film movie cameras have been made that make use of the pellicle mirror. Probably the earliest is the...
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    curtains found on the F-1. It offers a 10-second self-timer, as well as mirror lock-up. The meter is of the 12% (1/9) partial type with the metering area indicated...
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    fisheye with variable focus, automatic aperture, and reflex viewing (mirror lock-up no longer required). Contemporaneously, other Japanese manufacturers...
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    focusing screens; the camera had a depth-of-field preview button; the mirror had lock-up capability; it had a large bayonet mount and a large lens release...
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    self-timer lever is multi-functional, allowing for mirror lock-up and depth of field preview. The film take-up spool is of the "Magic-Needles" type, as found...
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