[Leica] Re: How could the R8 be bettered?

[Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org>]

How about streamlining the use of mirror lockup with the builtin timer?

If you have the camera strapped to a tripod and wish to use the handy 
self-timer as a pseudo-cable-release, the steps are something like:

[with the MLU switch already flipped]

 (1) press the shutter to flip up the mirror;
 (2) push a little button on the back a few times to select the appropriate 
     self-timer setting;
 (3) press the shutter release again and wait for the shutter to go off.

This just feels clunkier than it sounds when you're doing it several times in 
a row.  Ideally, there'd be a mode whereby, once in that mode, you'd:

 (1) press the shutter button.

The camera would:

 (1) flip up the mirror;
 (2) wait an appropriate length of time for the vibrations that induced to die 
     down;
 (3) activate the shutter.

 -Jeff M <jbm@jbm.org>