Long Exposures
Posted 05/02/2022 - 18:33 - Helpful Comment
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Use a shutter cable and either hold the button down or some will lock. My Pentax one has a lock, the third party one I just bought for my XR-X you have to hold the button in manually.
Shame modern cameras don't have the equivalent of the T setting where one click opened the shutter and the second closed it.
K.
Shame modern cameras don't have the equivalent of the T setting where one click opened the shutter and the second closed it.
K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 05/02/2022 - 19:58
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Thanks Kris. I have the cable releases and they will "Lock". Just thought I'd seen somewhere. That the timings could be extended in the menu. You can set "Bulb" mode in the K1 to open the shutter with a click then then close on a second click. You just have to time it yourself. Easy enough with a mobile phone app. Which makes me now think maybe wireless and image sync. But that would be quite heavy on battery usage I guess out in the fileld all day.
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Posted 05/02/2022 - 20:10
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With a K1 you can use bulb mode then press green button to enable long exposure (bulb display on rear screen changes to time) . Use front wheel to change exposure time up to 20 mins. No need for manual release start/stop
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Posted 05/02/2022 - 20:55 - Helpful Comment
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mcrtchly wrote:
With a K1 you can use bulb mode then press green button to enable long exposure (bulb display on rear screen changes to time) . Use front wheel to change exposure time up to 20 mins. No need for manual release start/stop
Martin
With a K1 you can use bulb mode then press green button to enable long exposure (bulb display on rear screen changes to time) . Use front wheel to change exposure time up to 20 mins. No need for manual release start/stop
Martin
Thank you for that Martin, and sorry for interrupting Stub
Posted 05/02/2022 - 21:02
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Thanks Martin. Thats so helpful. I thought I had come across it previously.
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Posted 05/02/2022 - 21:57
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I wonder if my K-3iii will do that...
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 05/02/2022 - 22:59
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Don't forget to check that Bulb setting is in the default mode 1 in the settings menu. You will probably need neutral density filters for long exposures. I recommend Breakthrough Photography filters but have to admit that I'm an affiliate of Breakthrough and can offer a discount
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Posted 06/02/2022 - 00:09
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Yes Martin, I will be doing some seascapes. Smoothing out the sea. I have the filters. ND's and grad's. I'm a Kase user. Which I have owned for quite a while now. But never use. 82mm screw thread... But they don't fit my DFA 15-30 which was purchased later. The lens can take a 150mm system. But at £100 for the holder and £200 per filter. I havnt been lured as yet.
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Posted 06/02/2022 - 01:20
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I tried that. Turn dial to B, it displays "Bulb Mode" at the top and shows the green button symbol at the bottom - also a clock symbol with "timer ON". This is displayed for perhaps a second and then it disappears. Pressing the green button does nothing at all. I can't find anything about bulb mode in settings.
Bearing in mind I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to pressing buttons on gadgets, what am I doing wrong?
Bearing in mind I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to pressing buttons on gadgets, what am I doing wrong?
Posted 06/02/2022 - 02:40
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Not sure David, I did as Martin described. Put camera in "Bulb" mode. Pressed green button. The display changed to a timer display. Turning wheels then let's you set shutter times upto 20mins.
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Posted 06/02/2022 - 10:42
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I use one of these, much cheaper than the branded version when you drop then into a puddle as I have done twice, the branded ones are about £50
Many different functions inc normal on / off release, a real time counter in seconds for precise timing on long exposures and more that I don't use.
Many different functions inc normal on / off release, a real time counter in seconds for precise timing on long exposures and more that I don't use.
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" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".
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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8
Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8, Pentax A 50mm F1.2
K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM
Posted 06/02/2022 - 17:34
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Thanks Chris, I have something extremely similar. In the Neewer EZa. As you say. These things are nicely priced. As I said I very rarely do any landscape photo's. So have had to give my head a little wobble, this weekend. And remember what all these individual things actually do.... Sometimes looking a lot more complex than they actually are. Especially with the invalometer. Which in real terms is only a couple of quid more expensive than a qired trigger.
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Posted 07/02/2022 - 13:47
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womble wrote:
I wonder if my K-3iii will do that...
I wonder if my K-3iii will do that...
Yup. Set to Bulb mode, hold in green button, front dial for exposures up to 20 minutes. Learn something new every day!
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 08/02/2022 - 01:11
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This is driving me bonkers. It does nothing on my K3ii either - except that it shows an icon of the green button before immediately blanking the screen!
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