(Typo in title -- sorry, Mike! )
Mike just reviewed the 7D and as usual whined about the camera needing a dedicated MLU button. As somebody who shoots with a long focal length lens in poor light (including a telescope at night), I can feel his pain.
But there's another way to implement what we want, I think. And this is more erganomical (is that a word?) and wouldn't require yet another button on an already button-studded body.
Maybe I'm generalizing from my own shooting style, but in my case whenever I'm shooting in situations where MLU is an issue, I'm also using a remote shutter release. So why can't the camera detect the presence of an RSR and *automatically* activate MLU (okay -- make this a menu feature for cases where RSR should not imply MLU, though I can't think of any).
As an electrical engineer, I know that the miniature audio jack that Canon's RS60 remote shutter release can be purchased with a switch contact to provide a "plug inserted" signal. Certainly other types of connectors could be customized to support the feature. From there it is, as they say, a simple matter of software to provide automatic MLU when you have the RSR plugged in.
Comments?