Mirror lockup on a Nikon FE?

[lahuasteca]

Is it possible to mirror lockup/delay on a Nikon FE2? It's been awhile since I've used it, but I remember something about using the timed

release lever.

 

Thanks.

[Dieter Schaefer]

<p>Set the self-timer and once started, the mirror flips up and the lens is stopped down at the beginning of the countdown. Once the picture is taken, the mirror returns to the viewing position. Not a permanent mirror lock-up but a temporary one.</p>

[brett_rogers]

<p>But a temporary mirror lock up isn't a mirror lock up at all, is it? If the mirror descends again by itself at the end of the exposure, then it's not actually <strong>locked</strong>. It's been pre-fired, or pre-released. Off the top of my head, a good example of a 35mm SLR with an actual mirror lock up would be the original Minolta SRT 101. Others include Yashica's TL Super and Electro X models, which were fitted with same to permit the use of certain wide angle lenses that would be clipped by the mirror if it was permitted to move at all.</p>

[fred_c1]

<p>All Nikon/Nikkormat SLRs made before 1977 had mirror lock-up, and including the FT3 and EL2.</p>

[jim_momary]

<p>Well, my pocketbook never would have allowed for an 8mm Nikon fisheye that would have broken the mirror, marriage saw to that. :o)</p>

<p>The F thru the F5 did have true mirror lock up (if memory serves me). I used to have an F2, and I would lock the mirror up and then take a shot (with and without a cable release). The cable release obviously was less shake inducing. But it was a dance ... lockup, expose, unlock.</p>

<p>On an FE or FM or FA, I just use the self-timer to give the pseudo-lockup. Seldom do I have shake (even without a cable release) as the camera settles down prior to the shutter firing.</p>

<p>So, for me at least, it is easier just to use the self-timer. I don't have to lock up the mirror then unlock it for the next composition.</p>

<p>Jim's 2 centavos</p>