Length of exposure: 35 s
Aperture: f/25

❚❚Long Time-Exposures (M Mode Only)

Select the following shutter speeds for long time- exposures of moving lights, the stars, night scenery, or fireworks.

Bulb (A): The shutter remains open while

the shutter-release button is held down. To prevent blur, use a tripod, optional WR-R10 and WR-T10 wireless remote controllers, or an optional MC-DC2 remote cord (0 210). The shutter-release buttons on the WR-T10 and MC-DC2 perform the same role as the camera shutter-release button.

Time (&): Requires an optional ML-L3 remote

control (0 210). Start the exposure by pressing the ML-L3 shutter-release button. The shutter remains open for 30 minutes or until the button is pressed a second time.

1 Ready the camera.

Mount the camera on a tripod or place it on a stable, level surface. To prevent light entering via the viewfinder interfering with exposure, remove the rubber eyecup and cover the viewfinder with the supplied DK-5 eyepiece cap (0 32). To prevent loss of power before the exposure is complete, use a fully charged EN-EL14 battery or an optional EH-5b AC adapter and EP-5A power connector. Note that noise (bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, or fog) may be present in long exposures; before shooting, choose On for Long exposure NR in the shooting menu (0 153).

2 Rotate the mode dial to M.

Mode dial

3 Choose a shutter speed.

 

Rotate the command dial to choose a

 

shutter speed of Bulb (A). For a shutter

 

speed of “Time” (&), select a remote control

 

release mode (0 31) after choosing the

 

shutter speed.

Command dial

60

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D5200 18-55mm Kit Black, 13216, 1507, D5200 18105mm Kit, 1501 specifications

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