When shooting long exposures in bulb mode what do you guys use to cover the viewfinder? its a pain having to remove the eyecup and fitting the eye cover which is fitted to the standard strap, but i always use a blackrapid strap and have to fiddle around looking for the cover.
Covering viewfinder
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Horoscope Fish
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Yes, I cover the viewfinder for long exposures. To accomplish that I toss a lens cloth over the top of my camera.
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BackdoorArts
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Depends on the amount of ambient light and length of exposure. With a 9-10 stop ND on a bright day if the sun's behind I may go with a cloth, otherwise I just cup my hands or hold a baseball cap over the eyepiece without touching the camera to keep direct light from hitting it. For night shooting I worry a lot less provided there isn't a strong light around. I love the level pull on the round eyepieces of my D500 and D800 and wish they'd put it on more bodies.
RocketCowboy
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An internal viewfinder shutter. One of the nice touches I was surprised with after going from the D7100 to the D810.
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RocketCowboy
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And it doesn't require me to keep up with any extra pieces!
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Fred Kingston
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my thumb works fine, and I never forget to carry it...
Scott Murray
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Horoscope Fish
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I wouldn't want to stand there with my thumb pressed against my camera for a thirty-second exposure, much less something like two-minutes or more; there's too much risk of transferring vibration in my opinion; not too mention it would get insanely annoying after about one shot.
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HA! I'd like to see that!Doing a 6hr timelapse this would not work
I try to keep my lens cloth as clean as possible personally. Wouldn't that contaminate the cloth more than necessary or do you use a separate cloth for this?
Gaffers tape should be in everyone's bag
I can't agree more! I have two rolls in mine
RocketCowboy
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Gaffers tape should be in everyone's bag
Much better than electrical tape!
I was thinking the same thing. Electrical tape leaves too much sticky residue.
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
I love me some gaffers tape but 99% of the time I work with blue Painters Tape instead; it's significantly cheaper and I find it's easier to work with.
RocketCowboy
Senior Member
Painters tape doesn't seem to work as well for holding down a cloth backdrop. But yeah, much cheaper.
And if you're into contests to win gaffers tape, Sharkey James from the PetaPixel Podcast has a giveaway going on now: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSvPcE7jiF7/?taken-by=lensshark
The D700 has one too, though I have never used it.