User Manual

60 Promote Control 3.15 User Manual Rev 23

Not all cameras support "Mirror Lock-Up". Promote Control cannot use its "Mirror Lock-Up" feature with

these cameras. Check your camera manual to determine if your camera supports "Mirror Lock-Up".

Some cameras may support Mirror Lock-Up only for the purpose of sensor cleaning. Promote Control

Mirror Lock-Up feature is incompatible with the Mirror Lock-Up that is intended for sensor cleaning.

Using "Mirror Lock-Up" with Promote Control requires an optional shutter cable. See Connections

section for more information on connecting a shutter cable.

Observe the following workflow when using the "Mirror Lock-Up" feature:

1. Connect your camera as described in the Connections section. If you never used a shutter cable

before, do not forget to tell Promote Control you are using the shutter cable, as described on that

same page.

2. Turn on your camera and enable the camera’s "Mirror Lock-Up" feature. See your camera manual

for details on enabling this feature.

3. Press the Promote Control "Power" button to turn it on.

4. Promote Control will attempt to check if camera has its Mirror Lock-Up enabled, and will reflect it in

its own "MLU" setting found on the bottom of the Promote Control screen. Note that you may disable

Promote Control from doing this check, and you will then have to manually control the "MLU" setting

on the Promote Control. See Setup Menu section for more information on the Enable camera

settings check/sync Setup setting.

If the "MLU" setting displays "N/A", it means the "Mirror Lock-Up" functionality is not available with

the current mode and settings. If the Promote Control "MLU" setting reads "N/A", please

make sure your camera has Mirror Lock-Up feature disabled, as it may affect correct

Promote Control functionality.

5. Configure the rest of Promote Control operation as described in the appropriate chapters of this

manual.

6. Press the "Start" button on the Promote Control. This instructs the camera to lock the mirror and

wait a pre-defined time interval before actually taking the picture. The mirror lock interval may be

configured using the "Mirror Lock-Up delay" in the Setup Menu .

Using "Mirror Lock-Up" functionality in the Manual Hold mode differs from the rest.

1. Press the "Start" button on Promote Control to lock the mirror.

2. Wait for a few seconds to let the camera stop shaking.

3. Press the "Start" button again to take the picture.