Had mine for 2 months. In my case I feel the response on the slightly slow side. I sent it to Mamiya and they said it was normal. On 2 recent shoots on a number of times I pressed the release and the camera did not fire. Batteries were fully charged. Using it with a P65+ All firmware is the latest. Any feed back would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi Errol,
I took delivery of mine last week - I also use it with a P65+ having previously had a 45+/AFDIII combination, so I am very accustomed to the general style of shooting.
It is my observation (and I have had a relatively brusque reaction to this when posting elsewhere) that though the shutter lag is a mild improvement on the AFDIII it is still in no way acceptable in a modern, top flight camera. Whether in normal or MUP modes you can almost hear it thinking between when you press the button and when the shutter goes off.
Mine also has a problem, which I will talk to my dealer about this morning but which I would be curious to know if others have, whereby on about 50% of my attempts to get the shutter to fire in MUP mode (i.e. I've already released the mirror and am now going for the shutter release) nothing happens, the camera freezes and I have to take out the batteries and set the dial back to L then reinsert the batteries in order to reset the mirror. This happens with both the cable release and with a normal button press release.
There's always the chance that I have something in Custom Functions set wrong but I don't think so...
I would be really curious to hear what others think of the FD. Is it at least mostly what people were hoping for? Is it widely seen as a disappointment? Or is it really really good, as good as or better than any DSLR, and I am just missing the point here?
Best
Tim