Hi,
As always, in his small first impressions review on this site, Michael Reichmann stated and criticized that the 40D still does not feature a dedicated mirror lock up button (the direct print button could serve very well for this, if it would be configurable).
While Michael's critics are well justified, I just want to point out (something, which many of you might already know) that the issue is alleviated to a great extent in my view by the fact that you can store virtually any custom function as a custom camera configuration (there are three places C1, C2, C3 on the main dial).
I've set up my C1 to RAW, Av-Mode, Mirror lock up, Auto-ISO, beep off, and 2s self-timer, which will be the most common setup for me, in case I need mirror lock up. Because mirror lock up is mostly used in static, "tripod conditions", the combination of this sets will satisfy 90% of the conditions, I need mirror lock up.
Switch the main dial to C1 is nearly as instant as a dedicated button and you can set the other required adjustments in the same single step, which makes this solution even more effective as a dedicated button.
Any parameter of the custom configuration can be altered additionally, without loosing the rest of the custom configuration.
Therefore, I would regard the mirror lockup issue as partly (mainly for me) solved, so that Michael, can lighten his venting a little, should the 40D successor not feature the mirror lock up button as well .
Kind regards
Thomas Gülden
Munich, Germany
