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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkEvan" data-source="post: 1733949" data-attributes="member: 77041">Not sure how it works on the D2X but it should be similar to a D3, on a D3 the mode dial on the left of the body has an option in with the High/low speed continous shooting called Mup, You set that and then when taking a shot the first press of the shutter locks the mirror up and you then have to press the shutter a second time to actually take the picture.........but as the mirror has already been locked in position there is no shake from the mirror flipping up :t:  Normally with the longer lenses when you take a shot on a tripod the mirror flipping up causes vibrations to travel down the lens and back up to the camera body causing a small amount of camera shake.The other option you have is the long lens technique;<a href="http://www.moosepeterson.com/techtips/longlens.html" target="_blank">http://www.moosepeterson.com/techtips/longlens.html</a>Better than how I can describe it.</blockquote>