D200 mirror lockup

Anyone know if the D200 has a mirror lockup that permits use of lenses

that protrude into the mirror box?

It has mirror lockup but not the type that will allow lenses that protrude too far into the body.

The lockup only stays locked up for 30 seconds before the shutter goes ahead and fires.

There's no provision for leaving the mirror up all the time.

Yes, what Chris said. To use MLU, you turn the dial to mirror up, press the shutter release once to raise the mirror and once again to make the exposure. The mirror goes down after the esposure.

 

I can think of any lenses that require MLU that would give good results on a D200 anyway.

Paul

Maybe he wants to try the 7.5mm fisheye or the 8 mm fisheye. If I remember right you need to lock the mirror up to be able to mount them. I know they had a finder just for them.

 

Michael

I was hoping it would be usable with the Voigtländer 12 and 15mm lenses... <a href="http://cameraquest.com/VCSL1215.htm">See CameraQuest's page on them.</a> Too bad!

The 12mm is a great lens, the images are very nice. Get an F or F2 to use the lens, they can be very inexpensive now.

If the purpose is to use an old Nikkor fisheye lens, try the new little Nikkor 10.5 fisheye. It's a pretty good fisheye, corrected for digital, and you can turn an image into a non-fisheye with Capture software. Really neat trick.

What I meant above is that any lens that requires the mirror to be locked up is a non-retrofocus wide-angle (or fisheye) which tend to vigenette horrible on a digital sensor. I guess if the combination worked mechanically, no harm done in trying. As was mentioned, try the 10.5 DX or Sigma has an 8mm circular fisheye that would work. As for the Voightlander lenses, I'd recommend either the 12-24 DX or maybe the Tokina 12-24.