P3D Re: The Realist "chicken dance"

[Ronald Beck <ronald-beck@xxxxxx>]

Marcus said...
> Mmm.. I personally wouldn't want to cock the shutter after winding on for three
> reasons, 1) if I don't snap again for a while the shutter spring is under tension
> and hence will stretch, affecting the realists speeds, 2) once cocked you shouldn't
> change the shutter speed ,and 3) it leaves the camera susceptible to inadvertently 
> taking a picture..

Hmmm...I guess I learn something new from this list every day.  While I
knew about #3 (heck, all my cameras are that way), I didn't know about
#1 and #2.  Well, I guess I kinda heard that you shouldn't change the
shutter speed when cocked.  But keeping the shutter spring under tension
is a new one for me and definitely a reason to "cock before shooting"
rather than "cock when rewinding".

Thanks for the info.

Ron

P.S. "Chicken dance" in the subject line refers back to one of my
underwater photo instructors who instructed us to get into a routine of
checking your camera prior to hitting the water.  "Make sure you do your
chicken dance" was his standard reminder about 15 minutes before we
arrived at the dive site.


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