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04/11/2007 08:11:50 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by jdannels:
Originally posted by inshaala:
So yeah - a cable rather than battery powered remote would be the short and long run cheaper option, but alas the D50 doesnt let you have a cable release?! |
I don't see how a cable release which is attached to the camera and would dangle from the camera would be better than a IR remote, which doesn't even touch the camera and you can simply stand off to the side and click and walk away. My two cents. |
As you said after this they are both probably the same, my point was that a cable release is intrinsically going to be cheaper to 1. buy and 2. maintain (as no batteries are needed - at least in my 3rd party canon cable)
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04/11/2007 08:16:25 AM · #27 |
wow.
My question was answered in something like the 3rd post - yet this is now on page two.
Talk about tangent.
Message edited by author 2007-04-11 08:17:03.
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04/11/2007 08:51:48 AM · #28 |
nah -it's called a hijack ;)
All useful info for anyone reading tho - i find that a lot of threads diverge with loads of opinions on things, and then serve as a learning place for others to pick up on little tidbits of info. |
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04/11/2007 10:10:41 AM · #29 |
| Some film cameras, in addition to the "B"ulb shutter speed setting, also had a "T"ime shutter speed setting, which operated exactly like the OP expected the "B"ulb to work. Press the shutter once to open the shutter and again to close it. |
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04/11/2007 10:40:30 AM · #30 |
| Just get the Nikon wireless remote dude. I have the D50 as well as the wireless remote; they work great together. Like some people have said, press the remote once to open shutter, go inside and have a coffee, come back out and press it again to end the exposure. |
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04/12/2007 11:21:41 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by agenkin:
Originally posted by jdannels:
BTW I'll have to try that eraser thing for my D200, looks interesting :) |
For the D200 you can buy a used MC-20 cord on eBay for around $30, which will have a built-in timer for up to 10 hour exposure, with one second granularity. |
ya like the one i have that some times gets stuck /&/ fires off a half dozen shots ..
tried cleaning the contacts to no avail ..
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04/12/2007 01:33:04 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Originally posted by PurpleFire:
... now I expected that when in Bulb, I would press the shutter once to expose the sensor and a second time to end the exposure, only when I did it, it was press to expose and release to end.
Assuming that I'm an idiot and that is what should happen, how can I leave my shutter open for longer than 30seconds without having to stand there with my finger on the shutter release for several minutes?
please, please, please, please help! |
Well the one thing i will say is..... Every 35mm SLR i have ever used you stand there and hold it.... or the easier shake free way was to use the remote release cable.
WHich i presume got replaced with the IR Remote for digital slr's. |
Not quite. Pentax has a locking cable release, which is my preference. For bulb exposures, you use the 2-sec mirror lock-up. Press the button, lock it, leave the cable release hanging there, and presto. |
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04/12/2007 02:19:54 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by PurpleFire:
... now I expected that when in Bulb, I would press the shutter once to expose the sensor and a second time to end the exposure, only when I did it, it was press to expose and release to end.
Assuming that I'm an idiot and that is what should happen, how can I leave my shutter open for longer than 30seconds without having to stand there with my finger on the shutter release for several minutes?
please, please, please, please help! |
FWIW, the "bulb" setting has always behaved this way. The name comes from when remote releases actually used a bulb to force air down a rubber tube and depress the shutter: as long as you kept pressure on the bulb the shutter would stay open. Then came "T" settings (for "time") which were actual 2-click settings; one to open and one to close. I'm pretty sure the reason they don't use these on dSLR cams is that the whole camera is battery-driven and it uses a huge drain to keep the mirror up and the shutter open. If you set "T" and left the camera, and forgot about it, the battery would go out pretty soon. I'm not sure, though.
As others have noted, simple "cable" releases now plug into a socket on the camera and have a sliding lock to hold the shutter open. These don't use any batteries. More expensive "cable" releases are programmable: you can set the desired time of exposure and click once. And then there are the newer breed of IR remotes, which also are programmable. I'm a simple soul: I use the first kind and it suits me just fine.
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04/20/2007 02:49:43 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by kyebosh:
[For long exposures,] cover the lens with a black cloth while pushing the shutter in, and once again before releasing. |
Brilliant! Best piece of advice I picked up all week. |
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