Mirror Lockup usage

I'm familiar with mirror lockup & the benefit of reducing camera shake from the mirror slap. How many out there are using mirror lockup for landscape shots? I only see sparse discussion about using it with macro photography & rarely if ever for landscape stuff.

Wick, I use mirror lockup for landscape, flora & closeup as close to 100% of the time as one could get. I only hedge that number a bit because (hang my head here) I've hand held a few shots before.

I use it 100% of the time. I also like to hang a heavy weight from my tripod for extra stability. Finally, I practically never extend the center column more than a few inches if at all since I think it contributes to minute vibrations.

I only see sparse discussion about using it with macro photography & rarely if ever for landscape stuff.

Probably because the vast majority of macro photographers and a majority of landscape photographers use mirror lockup in their work. Sorta like discussing tripod use...not a lot of point in discussing a normal procedure.

I use MLU 100% of the time for both landscapes and macro shots.

I only use it when shutter speeds range between 1/15 second and 2 seconds. With my gear that seems to be the range when it's most needed. Otherwise it's superfluous.

I use it for all my landscape work, it's even easier to use now with live view (for those who have it and don't mind spending some battery power).

I use it for all landscape and macro shots that are not handheld. I will also use it occasionally for bird images when I have a static subject and am forced to use a slow shutter speed.

Its not very convinient to use for wildlife photography, particularly when you want to capture action (flying/jumping ets) and make multiple frame in second continuously. But otherwise I use it for landscapes and macros.

I use it at 1/20th or below; it's not so helpful with Avian - the birds give me no respect. But it's critical to for my aurora borealis and night shots.

I would probably use mirror lockup for slow shutter speeds if I had a mirror to lockup

I only turn MLU off when I'm handholding. Otherwise it's always on. It may not make a big difference at shutters speeds faster than say, 1/60, but I figure why not squeeze every last bit of sharpness that we can out of our gear? I can understand for wildlife or action it may not be practical, but for landscapes, I really see no reason NOT to use it.

100% of the time....landscape and macro.

100% of the time....when using tripod....translation ...about 65% of total.

All the time, unless shooting handheld. It makes a difference at shutter speeds of 1/15 to 1 second especially

One reason I love my switch to Nikon, mirror lock-up mode!

I shoot in two basic modes depending on the subject, landscape or wildlife - MLU, one-shot AF, single exposure vs. MLU disabled, Ai Servo, continuous shooting. For shooting at slower shutter speed, I also use a remote trigger. For night shooting of cityscapes, or any longish exposure with a light in it, the slightest movement will show in the lights.

MLU anytime I am doing landscape and on a tripod.

My personal default setting is for mirror lockup. I use it more often than not, so I have changed the custom settings for this to be the default. I use it a lot in macro, mostly to wait for a breeze to die down in floral and landscapes. If I am chasing a bug around or shooting action (rarely the latter), then I turn it off.

They way I figure it, using it does no harm and probably some good in a lot of my personal shooting situations.

hmmm I don't think I can lock up the mirror in my Rolleiflex TLR

I also only use MLU at shutter speeds from 1/30 to about 2 seconds. At faster shutter speeds slight mirror slap has no impact. At shutter speeds 3 seconds or longer, I've found that the extremely short tremble from slap is such a small fraction of the total time the shutter is open that the image will be tack sharp, as long as a proper rock-solid tripod/head and remote shutter release or the camera's self timer are used. The flimsier the tripod/head, the longer mirror slap will cause the camera to tremble.

I have many landscape/macro exposures of 3 to 30 seconds and didn't use MLU for any of them, and they are sharp as can be. If the only images I ever composed with my cameras were macro and/or landscape, I'd probably just leave MLU enabled all the time because that would be one less setting to have to remember. But that's not how I ride these days.

Never used it, but with the comments will consider it. When on a tripod.

I use mirror lock up about 98% of the time. Only when I am not shooting landscapes do I not use it. On my camera mirror lock up happens with either the 2 or 10 second timer. I always use my wireless remote with 2 second timer to take my landscapes. Tripod mounted and anti-shake off, of course.

I use it all the time for my landscape shot and the outcome is fantastic! Super Sharp!

"...and anti-shake off, of course..."

With Canon L lenses, have people found this to make a difference? I think they claim it "works" on a tripod, but I have never done a test to compare. I usually leave it on. Any opinions? (70-200 2.8 LIS)

It is all I use!

Mark

I use it most of the time for my landscape work. I usually use live view to zoom in to 10x for more precise manual focus. I also usually bracket +/- 2 stops so that I can maximize dynamic range later if the scene requires it so I set it on the 2 seconds timer and it does the bracketing automatically. When in live view with the 2 second timer and bracketing turned on it will automatically take the 3 shots with the mirror locked up.

I usually use mirror lock-up with a 2 second timed release - and a wired remote. That way, I don't have to touch the shutter release between bracketed shots. Works beautifully.