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12/14/2004 06:29:06 PM · #1 |
| I was hoping to take some long ( maybe 20-30 min ) expo's tonight. I don't have a remote, what else can I use that'll easily hold the shutter down for me? |
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12/14/2004 06:41:31 PM · #2 |
Just wrap a strong rubber band around the camera, over the shutter button. Slide something under teh rubber band, over the botton when you want to hold it down.
Leave the lens cap on, and remove it only after you've tripped the shutter. Likewise, replace it before removing the "shutter actuator".
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12/14/2004 06:49:04 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Just wrap a strong rubber band around the camera, over the shutter button. Slide something under teh rubber band, over the botton when you want to hold it down.
Leave the lens cap on, and remove it only after you've tripped the shutter. Likewise, replace it before removing the "shutter actuator". |
has anybody compiled all the tips & tricks like this one into a sortofa FAQ?
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12/14/2004 06:49:22 PM · #4 |
| I think that I will try this, but you know you can have it trigger the 10 second timer and not bother with taking off the lens cap afterwards. But thanks for this tip, and also thanks for pointing out the lens cap at the end, I think i would have forgotten that for sure! |
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12/14/2004 07:00:22 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by kyebosh:
I was hoping to take some long ( maybe 20-30 min ) expo's tonight. I don't have a remote, what else can I use that'll easily hold the shutter down for me? |
The remote is very handy and not so expensive, and for the 300D you can get the really cheap wireless (can't remember exactly which one)
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12/14/2004 07:11:41 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Just wrap a strong rubber band around the camera, over the shutter button. Slide something under teh rubber band, over the botton when you want to hold it down.
Leave the lens cap on, and remove it only after you've tripped the shutter. Likewise, replace it before removing the "shutter actuator". |
wouldn't moving the lens cap on and off shake the camera more than the mirror slapping around? i thought the "official" way was to hold a large hat in front of your lens until after the mirror was up...
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12/14/2004 08:13:08 PM · #7 |
A hat works too, but the lens cap can be removed and just held for a moment right in front of the lens until vibration damps. Before I had a remote, I found this to be more convenient than carrying a completely opaque hat or other "light blocker." Never tried the self-timer when in bulb mode, good thought.
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12/14/2004 08:42:26 PM · #8 |
| I have heard of the hat trick, but I like the idea of the lens cap more. Thanks! |
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12/14/2004 11:09:13 PM · #9 |
Unless you seriously move the camera during lens cap extraction/restoration, will the camera really move enough to change the overall exposure? I mean how much will the couple of fractions of a second of camera motion (assuming you are careful) affect a really long exposure?
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