Perhaps attach an accelerometer to the camera body? But, wouldn't the sturdiness of the tripod and the presence of externally induced vibrations be the determining factors? What fraction of the incoming light is allowed to pass through the mirror to the "film" plane? Roger Sent from my iPad On Jun 8, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Ahhh, yes but does it drop just previous to making an exposure? I just looked and it does not ... so that is good. It would indicate that using live view is a more vibration free method of making the photograph. But the shutter still has to close and then open again ... probably not of great consequence ... I wonder now how much difference there is between live view release and mirror up tripping. Or using a 2 second delay. Should do some rigorous testing some day. > > Andy > > On Jun 7, 2012, at 11:31 PM, Roger Eichhorn wrote: > >> Andy, >> >> I believe you'll find that the mirror automatically lifts in live view. At least it does on my Canon 50D. I can't see how else it would get the image to the LCD. >> >> Roger >> >
