EM1X silent shooting dumb question

[Franka373]

In shooting menu 2 the ability to set silent shooting is available. Currently it is set to off. I want to turn it on but it does not give me the option to toggle on or off. I have searched the manual and can’t find an answer. The same thing with anti shock. What am I missing? Thanks for your help.

 

[retiredfromlife]

Dont use it myself but I guess you could add it to a custom mode, the assign that mode to a button to toggle it ?

 

[Mountain_Man_79]

I never access it from that menu...just hit the drive mode button on the top left and use the arrow pad to choose your poison; silent, anti shock, and delay modes as well as hi res are all there.

 

[Phocal]

I also never access it from the menu, I use the SCP.

 

[John King]

I also never access it from the menu, I use the SCP.

I also never access it from the menu, I use the SCP.

Ronnie, I think that Chris's method is probably a tad quicker, but I use both on the rare occasions when I change.

 

[Phocal]

Ronnie, I think that Chris's method is probably a tad quicker, but I use both on the rare occasions when I change.

Quicker depends on the situation. When looking through the viewfinder and using a big lens like the 300/4 it is much quicker to use the SCP since you would have to do some hand swamping. I actually never use any of those buttons on the top left of the camera since they are not really accessible while looking through the viewfinder with a big lens (which is about all I ever use). Also, now that I have the X I always have the screen flipped around........................so using the SCP while looking through the viewfinder is just faster.

 

[Mountain_Man_79]

Yeah, I almost never have the screen turned around, so that’s why I use the drive mode button. It’s take a little bit of getting the muscle memory so your pressing the right button, but to each their own!

 

[Franka373]

Figured it out. You have to set a time for delay even if it zero seconds. Off can’t be changed. When a time is entered the option to see the heart for instance on the silent single shot is available. If no time entered it’s not available.

 

[Bytesmiths]

… have to do some hand swamping…

So that's how you came up with all those gator photos! You just wave your hand…