Canon XT - doing full press without wating at half-press

Peabody wrote:
>It appears that if I press the shutter button fully, quickly,
>instead of doing the half-press first, the camera still takes a
>picture, but takes longer to do so. So I assume it is doing an
>autofocus and exposure setting, then taking the picture as soom as
>that's complete. Does that sound right?
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>I ask because I'm designing an intervalometer, and it would
>simplify things if I could just ground the half-press connector and
>the full-press connector at the same time rather than doing the
>half-press first, waiting half a second, then doing the full-press.
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Yep, if you go straight to the full press, the camera does a quick focus and then shoots.

I'm pretty sure Canon uses that same strategy with its IR remote, as it does not have a half-press position.

Take Care,
Dudley