Bulb shooting
You can shoot a trailing image of the movement of a subject with long exposure.
Bulb shooting is suitable for shooting trails from stars or fireworks, etc.
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Set the mode dial to M (Manual Exposure).
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Turn the rear dial clockwise until [BULB] is indicated.
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Select the aperture value (F-value) using the front dial.
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Press the shutter button halfway down to focus.
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Press and hold the shutter button for the duration of the shooting.As long as the shutter button is pressed, the shutter remains open.
Hint
- When shooting fireworks, etc., focus at infinity in manual focus mode. If you use a lens whose infinity point is unclear, adjust the focus on the fireworks in the area you want to focus on in advance.
- In order to perform bulb shooting without causing the image quality to deteriorate, we recommend that you start shooting while the camera is cool.
- Images shot in [BULB] mode tend to be blurry. We recommend that you use a tripod and a remote commander (sold separately) that has a shutter button lock function. Use a remote commander supporting connection via multi/micro USB jack.
Note
- The longer the exposure time, the more noise will be visible on the image.
- When [
Long Exposure NR] is set to [On], noise reduction is performed after shooting for the same duration that the shutter was open. You cannot shoot while noise reduction is in progress. - You cannot set the shutter speed to [BULB] in the following situations:
- [Auto HDR]
- [Picture Effect] is set to [Rich-tone Mono.].
- When [Drive Mode] is set to the following:
- [Cont. Shooting]
- [Self-timer(Cont)]
- [Cont. Bracket]
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[Shutter Type] is set to [Electronic Shutter].
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If you set [Drive Mode] to [Cont. Shooting] and [Shutter Type] to [Auto] or [Electronic Shutter] when the shutter speed is set to [BULB], the shutter speed will be temporarily set to 1/8 seconds.
