Bulb Exposures
When bulb shooting is set, the shutter stays open as long as you hold down the shutter button completely, and closes when you let go of the shutter button. Use bulb exposures for night scenes, fireworks, the heavens, and other subjects requiring long exposures.
1 Set the shooting mode to <buLb>.
Press the <W> button and turn the <6> or <5> dial to select <buLb>.
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Set the desired aperture.
While looking at the top LCD panel, turn the <6> or <5> dial.
Take the picture.
While you hold down the shutter button, the exposure will continue.
XThe elapsed exposure time will be displayed on the top LCD panel. 1: min., 2: sec., 3: hour
Long exposures produce more noise than usual.
When [z2: Long exp. noise reduction] is set to [Auto] or [Enable], noise generated by the long exposure can be reduced (p.148).
For bulb exposures, using a tripod and Remote Switch
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