The SR should be off with the camera on a tripod, of course--or is it so good that you're hand-holding 30-second-plus bulb exposures??? <bg>
Rick --- David Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:23:20AM -0800, David > Bliss wrote: > > experimenting tonight I found that if my drive > mode is in Continuous, the > > camera shuts off after 30 seconds but if drive > mode is single-shot I can > > expose as long as I like. > > Oops! I spoke too soon. It's *not* the drive mode > that makes the difference. > It's holding the shutter release half-cocked for a > few seconds before > starting the exposure. I.e., if you start from the > camera at rest and push > the button all the way down at once, it'll crash > after 30s. If you hold it > half cocked for a few seconds (guess: long enough > for the SR icon to come on > if SR is enabled?) then continue into the exposure, > it'll work perfectly. > > At least on my camera, for a half-dozen test shots, > when The Moon is Waxing > Gibbous (53% of Full)... > > Let me know how it works for you. > > Thanks, > david > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
