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BULB SETTING
When long time exposures are required (for shooting night scenes or very
dark subjects) the use of the “Bulb” setting is recommended. Please use a
tripod, when taking pictures with this setting.
1
Set the
D
-dial on the “Drive Area” (
P.13
).
2
Set the Mode dial to the “
M
” position.
3
Rotate the
S-
dial (
) until
is
displayed in the viewfinder display.
4
Rotate the
A
-dial (
) to select the desired
aperture value.
5
Depress the shutter button fully to take the
picture.
CAUTION !!
•
It is not possible to use Bulb photography for more than 30 seconds. The
shutter will automatically close about 30 seconds after the shutter button was
pressed.
•
It is not possible to use the self-timer and Bulb photograhy at the same time.
If you set the
D
-dial to the self-timer with setting Bulb, the shutter will be
released with 1/180 second. (1/200 second will be displayed in the image
information.)
z
It is possible to extend the Bulb time up to 120 seconds by setting the camera
to Extended Mode.
Please set from [
Camera Settings
] (
P.28
)
→
[
Extended Mode
] and select
[
On
].
CAUTION!!
•
When using the extended Buld time, the image quality may be lowered due to
increased noise.