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Bulb ramping impossible with a Nikon? Has anyone considered...
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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 126912" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Well, using the $18 timer I linked, and with the camera set to A mode (aperture is set), it will shoot a multiple frame sequence with the camera meter selecting different appropriate shutter speeds for each frame, as metered. Which might work for sunsets (perhaps needing compensation), but metering simply doesn't seem feasible for astro pictures. Except maybe for solar eclipses, there are no changing scenes in astro anyway. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'm thinking if you have traveled to the rare eclipse site, you're not interested in trusting the dumb computers anyway. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I realize now that Google finds several bulb ramping links, which seem to imply use of a computer to program it. None I saw mention the computer or mention metering. It would need programming and of course exposure data for the specific task. I am old fogy I'm sure, but frankly, unless done every day, it seems far easier and more reliable for a human to stand there and do it. </p><p></p><p>I have a StopShot timer, which can control camera shutter, flash trigger, and other gear such as water valves for water drop photography. It is a computer, but as offered and accessible, it offers only very limited specific programming, nothing general. The camera could still meter in A mode, but I've always used Manual, for the control it offers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 126912, member: 12496"] Well, using the $18 timer I linked, and with the camera set to A mode (aperture is set), it will shoot a multiple frame sequence with the camera meter selecting different appropriate shutter speeds for each frame, as metered. Which might work for sunsets (perhaps needing compensation), but metering simply doesn't seem feasible for astro pictures. Except maybe for solar eclipses, there are no changing scenes in astro anyway. :) I'm thinking if you have traveled to the rare eclipse site, you're not interested in trusting the dumb computers anyway. :) I realize now that Google finds several bulb ramping links, which seem to imply use of a computer to program it. None I saw mention the computer or mention metering. It would need programming and of course exposure data for the specific task. I am old fogy I'm sure, but frankly, unless done every day, it seems far easier and more reliable for a human to stand there and do it. I have a StopShot timer, which can control camera shutter, flash trigger, and other gear such as water valves for water drop photography. It is a computer, but as offered and accessible, it offers only very limited specific programming, nothing general. The camera could still meter in A mode, but I've always used Manual, for the control it offers. [/QUOTE]
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