As this body is designed for astronomical work, these features are
essential whatever the cost or inconvenience. Either this or they'd
have to use an OM1 instead!
AndrewF
On 13/01/2006, at 12:55 PM, Johnny Johnson wrote:
> At 07:21 PM 1/12/2006, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
>
>> Several problems. First, locking the mirror up will probably
>> shorten battery
>> life to unacceptable levels. Second, this will most likely require
>> some sort
>> of electro-mechanical system, which would increase manufacturing
>> costs
>> beyond acceptable, as profits on digital cameras are razor thin now.
>>
>
> I've been asleep on this thread up until now but - the Canon 20Da
> allows the user to lock up the mirror, open the shutter and view a
> live image on the LCD monitor and/or a TV monitor connected to the
> camera's video out terminal. Canon does charge a bit more for this
> body though compared to the normal 20D.
>
> <http://consumer.usa.canon.com/app/html/d_eos/EOS_20Da_061705.htm>
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
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