Comments on: Long Night Exposures and Cherry Blossoms http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Brian Farrell http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-2599 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:18:42 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-2599 Nice night shot! I invested in an MC-36 for doing some very long and to be honest, not so long exposures as it it can also do time lapsed work with specified intervals between shots. It's a great bit of kit and to be honest for items like this I always buy from the Hong Kong dealers on ebay. PS. Now also proud owner of D200 and the 18-200 VR. How did I ever live without them. My D70 feels like a child's toy in comparison. Nice night shot!

I invested in an MC-36 for doing some very long and to be honest, not so long exposures as it it can also do time lapsed work with specified intervals between shots. It’s a great bit of kit and to be honest for items like this I always buy from the Hong Kong dealers on ebay.

PS. Now also proud owner of D200 and the 18-200 VR. How did I ever live without them. My D70 feels like a child’s toy in comparison.

]]> by: Sam http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-1072 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:26:56 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-1072 Wow, beautiful photo -- it's pictures like this (and your ones of Heian shrine) that make me want to go back to Japan. Wow, beautiful photo — it’s pictures like this (and your ones of Heian shrine) that make me want to go back to Japan.

]]> by: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-1063 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:38:32 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-1063 I'd like longer exposures (so, for example, I'd not have to push to 800 ISO as I did this time), but for reasons I can't fathom, the D200's "bulb" mode (indefinite-length exposure mode) actually mimics the old air-pressure bulb to the extent that you have to actually hold down the shutter-release button the whole time you want the shutter open. That just makes no sense. It would make much more sense if it were to be one press opens the shutter, and a second press closing the shutter. You'd still likely get camera shake with the presses, but better shake for a short moment than for the entire 5-minute exposure. Nikon has the MC-36 remote-control cord, which is a wired remote on an 85cm cable, that I've been thinking of getting, but it wasn't actually available for a long time. Looking again now, I see it's in stock. Still, $120 is ridiculous for a wired remote control. Why couldn't Nikon put the standard threaded cable-release connector on the shutter release? I’d like longer exposures (so, for example, I’d not have to push to 800 ISO as I did this time), but for reasons I can’t fathom, the D200’s “bulb” mode (indefinite-length exposure mode) actually mimics the old air-pressure bulb to the extent that you have to actually hold down the shutter-release button the whole time you want the shutter open. That just makes no sense. It would make much more sense if it were to be one press opens the shutter, and a second press closing the shutter. You’d still likely get camera shake with the presses, but better shake for a short moment than for the entire 5-minute exposure.

Nikon has the MC-36 remote-control cord, which is a wired remote on an 85cm cable, that I’ve been thinking of getting, but it wasn’t actually available for a long time. Looking again now, I see it’s in stock. Still, $120 is ridiculous for a wired remote control. Why couldn’t Nikon put the standard threaded cable-release connector on the shutter release?

]]> by: Kalyan http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-1061 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:41:11 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-18/180#comment-1061 When I was doing city photography, I was always satisfied with the 30 sec limit. After I went into the forests, I needed 5 - 10 min long exposures.. so I got myself the IR trigger. It's very handy and works great for long exposures. Unfortunately our digital cameras are not fit for 2 - 3 hour long photography. When I was doing city photography, I was always satisfied with the 30 sec limit. After I went into the forests, I needed 5 - 10 min long exposures.. so I got myself the IR trigger. It’s very handy and works great for long exposures. Unfortunately our digital cameras are not fit for 2 - 3 hour long photography.

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