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Call me silly, but....

I have seen some amazing photographs recently of the night sky, and forever reading "10 minute exposure" etc. How does one achieve this? I have a nikon cp 5700....and I thought I finally had it figured out. Now, do I need special equipment to take long exposure shots? Please forgive my ignorance. :)
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will all be just a blur. Anyway, you go to exposure settings and set the bulb limit to 5 minute. I usually put my camera in manual mode, set the shutter speed to bulb, and hold down the button for up to 5 minutes. You're gonna get some noise, so you're going to have to clean it up in Neat Image, Photoshop, or whatever you use. I use a shutter release for this stuff, but if you're just playing hold it down with your finger and try like mad not to move the camera one tiny bit--next to impossible.

Someone else may have a more detailed explanation.

Just wander around the menu settings and look for bulb duration and you'll know you're on the right track.
Christina Bowker said:
Call me silly, but....
I have seen some amazing photographs recently of the night sky, and
forever reading "10 minute exposure" etc. How does one achieve
this? I have a nikon cp 5700....and I thought I finally had it
figured out. Now, do I need special equipment to take long exposure
shots? Please forgive my ignorance. :)
http://www.shutterfever.com/ (a work in progress)
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Todd Muskopf
professional fine art painter, wannabe photographer
http://www.muskopf.org

To all of those who I offend, please forgive me.

 
Thank you so much. I will definately take a look at that tomorrow. I do have a tripod fortunately. I do agree a shutter release would be the way to go....

I did get great pics of the eclipse a few months ago...I used the hood of my car to hold it steady. LOL That only works so much though.
Todd Art said:
Someone else may have a more detailed explanation.

Just wander around the menu settings and look for bulb duration and
you'll know you're on the right track.
Christina Bowker said:
Call me silly, but....
I have seen some amazing photographs recently of the night sky, and
forever reading "10 minute exposure" etc. How does one achieve
this? I have a nikon cp 5700....and I thought I finally had it
figured out. Now, do I need special equipment to take long exposure
shots? Please forgive my ignorance. :)
http://www.shutterfever.com/ (a work in progress)
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--
Todd Muskopf
professional fine art painter, wannabe photographer
http://www.muskopf.org

To all of those who I offend, please forgive me.

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BTW, can you recommend one? The only one I can find is the Nikon MC-EU1 Remote Cord but it apparantly doesnt work with the 5700....
thanks for your help...
Christina Bowker said:
Todd Art said:
Someone else may have a more detailed explanation.

Just wander around the menu settings and look for bulb duration and
you'll know you're on the right track.
Christina Bowker said:
Call me silly, but....
I have seen some amazing photographs recently of the night sky, and
forever reading "10 minute exposure" etc. How does one achieve
this? I have a nikon cp 5700....and I thought I finally had it
figured out. Now, do I need special equipment to take long exposure
shots? Please forgive my ignorance. :)
http://www.shutterfever.com/ (a work in progress)
Click to expand...
--
Todd Muskopf
professional fine art painter, wannabe photographer
http://www.muskopf.org

To all of those who I offend, please forgive me.

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It works, but I haven't figured out the interval thing yet. I take a lot of pics with the camera on a tripod, so it was worth it to me. It's a bit pricy...you'll have to decide what's right for you.

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Todd Muskopf
professional fine art painter, wannabe photographer
http://www.muskopf.org

To all of those who I offend, please forgive me.

 
Thats good to know. I saw it for about 159....is that about what you got it for? Not too bad I suppose. It would definately be worth it to me if I could take my photography another step further....
Thanks again. :)
Todd Art said:
It works, but I haven't figured out the interval thing yet. I take
a lot of pics with the camera on a tripod, so it was worth it to
me. It's a bit pricy...you'll have to decide what's right for you.
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Let me add that I too bought mine for about $90. I bought it partly for the remote shutter, but the other part for the interval shooting. Its awesome! You can set the interval timer to take a shots at intervals of 2 minutes to 24 hours - although I haven't done anything that long. If you want to set it up to track a plant growing or the sun rising you can do that. The biggest disappointment is that the device seems cheaply made for the money. Its light weight plastic...but I'm guessing it will be durable. I'm still learning how to use it.

Mark
Todd Art said:
Christina Bowker said:
Mark Marshall said:
Etronics - $84.95 before shipping
http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?stk_code=nikmceu1&svbname=279
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Todd Muskopf
professional fine art painter, wannabe photographer
http://www.muskopf.org

To all of those who I offend, please forgive me.

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Todd, I have a few more questions if you do not mind. :)

I have it in manual mode, and I have set it for 5 minute bulb duration...but it doesnt take a 5 minute pic. It is the same as always. What am I doing wrong? What do you mean by setting your shutter in bulb mode? HEEELLLLLLPPPP, :) Thanks. :)
 
In Bulb mode, the camera will be exposing the "film" as long as you keep the shutter release button depressed (or until you reach the maximum exposure length of 5 minutes). If you only click the shutter release button as you normally would do, you will only get a short exposure.

By the way, I have found that without a remote shutter release device, the tiniest tremor in the fingers - no matter how microscopic - will be transferred into the camera housing while holding the button depressed, and blur the images.

Cheers,
Thomas
Christina Bowker said:
Todd, I have a few more questions if you do not mind. :)
I have it in manual mode, and I have set it for 5 minute bulb
duration...but it doesnt take a 5 minute pic. It is the same as
always. What am I doing wrong? What do you mean by setting your
shutter in bulb mode? HEEELLLLLLPPPP, :) Thanks. :)
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You have to HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN for UP TO 5 minutes. 5 minutes is just the maximum duration. You can hold it down as long as you wish. He's right about the vibration too--that's why we fork out the $90 for the cable release. Here's an area where Canon beat Nikon. They included a wireless remote with the G3 my wife has.
Mimoid said:
By the way, I have found that without a remote shutter release
device, the tiniest tremor in the fingers - no matter how
microscopic - will be transferred into the camera housing while
holding the button depressed, and blur the images.

Cheers,
Thomas
Christina Bowker said:
Todd, I have a few more questions if you do not mind. :)
I have it in manual mode, and I have set it for 5 minute bulb
duration...but it doesnt take a 5 minute pic. It is the same as
always. What am I doing wrong? What do you mean by setting your
shutter in bulb mode? HEEELLLLLLPPPP, :) Thanks. :)
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Todd Muskopf
professional fine art painter, wannabe photographer
http://www.muskopf.org

To all of those who I offend, please forgive me.

 
I read pretty poor reviews of Nikon's remote on amazon, and was wondering if anyone knows of an aftermarket alternative to Nikon's remote.
 
aceattorney said:
I read pretty poor reviews of Nikon's remote on amazon, and was
wondering if anyone knows of an aftermarket alternative to Nikon's
remote.
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As a plain remote cable, Nikon's isn't too bad. It is a bit pricey for what you get, but it's simple to use and very compact. It works well, providing basic controls for the zoom and shutter half press/full press positions. It's built in intervalometer is very limited though and if that capability is important to you there are a number of other solutions that can do better, although they can be a bit bulkier and/or more costly.

The Harbortronics Digisnap is a great self contained remote with a much better intervalometer built in. There are also several options for adapting a Palm Pilot or PocketPC to be used as a remote via software and cables. These can provide almost no end of features, but will be a bit more "fiddly" to get setup initially.

Try running a search here in the forum for "Remote" and you should be able to pull up more details.

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Tom Young FCAS member
http://www.pbase.com/tyoung/
 
I recently purchased an aftermarket remote from: http://www.harbortronics.com/

So far, no complaints, but I haven't done much with it yet. However, from reading the other posts in this forum, I don't expect trouble.

The product is DigiSnap 2000 if you want to search for that.

-Matthew S

[email protected]
aceattorney said:
I read pretty poor reviews of Nikon's remote on amazon, and was
wondering if anyone knows of an aftermarket alternative to Nikon's
remote.
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That digisnap looks interesting, but is the digisnap just the adapter part that connects to the bottom of the 5700? It looks like you have to buy a separate remote that plugs into the digisnap...am I correct?
Matthew Schultheis said:
The product is DigiSnap 2000 if you want to search for that.

-Matthew S

[email protected]
aceattorney said:
I read pretty poor reviews of Nikon's remote on amazon, and was
wondering if anyone knows of an aftermarket alternative to Nikon's
remote.
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That's correct, one also has to buy an adapter cable that plugs into the camera's USB/Serial port, unless you want to wire one yourself. The DigiSnap 2000 does not connect to the bottom of the camera, however, I believe that they do sell a different version that attaches at the bottom of the camera that only functions as a remote shutter release, and not for time-lapse/zooming in/out, etc.
aceattorney said:
Matthew Schultheis said:
The product is DigiSnap 2000 if you want to search for that.

-Matthew S

[email protected]
aceattorney said:
I read pretty poor reviews of Nikon's remote on amazon, and was
wondering if anyone knows of an aftermarket alternative to Nikon's
remote.
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