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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 306139" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Sometimes understanding something is not enough to explain it clearly and I may be failing here... One last try though. </p><p></p><p>When we frame up a shot, the light we see moves through the lens and hits the cameras mirror. The mirror redirects the light through the prism and then through the viewfinder. It's critical to understand the mirror, in its resting state, sits <em>between</em> the lens and sensor. The job of the mirror is to reflect the image from the lens to the viewfinder; if it didn't we wouldn't be seeing through the lens, which would suck. </p><p></p><p>Then you click the shutter release button... This action causes the mirror to move UP and out of the way of the sensor so the light from our shot falls ON the sensor directly for the duration of the shutter speed. At the same time the mirror now blocks the viewfinder, which is why you see a moment of blackness in your viewfinder when you take a shot; the path of light is no longer being directed to the viewfinder for you viewing pleasure, it's being allowed to fall through the shutter and onto the sensor. At some point the shutter then closes and the mirror drops back down to it's resting position. At this point you can see through the viewfinder again because the mirror is, once again, reflecting the light from the lens to the viewfinder. </p><p></p><p>Allow me to illustrate with an illustration:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]88904[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Mirror down: Light reflected to viewfinder.</p><p>Mirror up: Light falls on sensor.</p><p></p><p>To put it as simply as I can, Mirror Lock-up means the mirror in our DSLR body, which is positioned in front of the sensor and behind the lens, has been rotated to it's upward position. In this upward position the mirror no longer blocks the sensor as it would if it were not in the upward and locked position. Live View simply USES Mirror Lock-up but I can use Mirror Lock-up without using Live View.</p><p></p><p>Using Mirror Lock-up, whether by using it in Live View or not, stops "mirror slap" and reduces camera vibration that may help get you sharper photos. It's not a promise but it will remove one source of vibration that could be affecting the sharpness of your photos.</p><p></p><p>I hope that helps.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 306139, member: 13090"] Sometimes understanding something is not enough to explain it clearly and I may be failing here... One last try though. When we frame up a shot, the light we see moves through the lens and hits the cameras mirror. The mirror redirects the light through the prism and then through the viewfinder. It's critical to understand the mirror, in its resting state, sits [I]between[/I] the lens and sensor. The job of the mirror is to reflect the image from the lens to the viewfinder; if it didn't we wouldn't be seeing through the lens, which would suck. Then you click the shutter release button... This action causes the mirror to move UP and out of the way of the sensor so the light from our shot falls ON the sensor directly for the duration of the shutter speed. At the same time the mirror now blocks the viewfinder, which is why you see a moment of blackness in your viewfinder when you take a shot; the path of light is no longer being directed to the viewfinder for you viewing pleasure, it's being allowed to fall through the shutter and onto the sensor. At some point the shutter then closes and the mirror drops back down to it's resting position. At this point you can see through the viewfinder again because the mirror is, once again, reflecting the light from the lens to the viewfinder. Allow me to illustrate with an illustration: [ATTACH=CONFIG]88904._xfImport[/ATTACH] Mirror down: Light reflected to viewfinder. Mirror up: Light falls on sensor. To put it as simply as I can, Mirror Lock-up means the mirror in our DSLR body, which is positioned in front of the sensor and behind the lens, has been rotated to it's upward position. In this upward position the mirror no longer blocks the sensor as it would if it were not in the upward and locked position. Live View simply USES Mirror Lock-up but I can use Mirror Lock-up without using Live View. Using Mirror Lock-up, whether by using it in Live View or not, stops "mirror slap" and reduces camera vibration that may help get you sharper photos. It's not a promise but it will remove one source of vibration that could be affecting the sharpness of your photos. I hope that helps. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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