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| Posted: Sun Apr 26th, 2020 13:34 |
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Bit early for the brandy so I guess it is tea or coffee! So MC-36 will work for you that is best as it is no extra cost. The PW units only trigger but wont hold the shutter open for a single long exposure.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26th, 2020 14:16 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:Bit early for the brandy so I guess it is tea or coffee! Coffee!  I like the no extra cost and not having to learn yet another piece of kit! These devices have so many nook and cranny features, I doubt many of us ever use all the features or perhaps even realise they exist. Thanks for confirming the PW units simply provide remote shutter buttons. It may seem obvious but I think photo-gear feature lists should be explicit without ambiguous terms or descriptions, like Nikon calling infrared remotes, "wireless". While it may be true that there are no wires, wireless usually means radio, I find the misuse of these terms irksome.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26th, 2020 18:14 |
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Robert
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Currently running a test in my spare bedroom, five minutes delay followed by a one hour exposure, controlled by the MC-36, camera in manual mode, bulb. I will see the results in the morning.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2020 11:15 |
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Robert
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OK, so the D800/MC-36 combo took one photograph. D800- Nikkor 18-35 3.5-4.5 1 hour @ f3.5 ISO 400, 5 minutes delay, 1 hour exposure.  Click here to comment on this image. The room was so dark it was impossible to see anything, the curtains were closed, no lights to the back of the house. The MC-36 worked perfectly, allowing me to retreat with the lights on and potentially return at the end of the exposure without spoiling the image. Therefore I have been busy, I have made a simple hook for the back of the MC-36 and a mating bracket for the tripod. One thing has bugged me has been the MC-36 dangling under the tripod, there is no easy way to neatly and securely restrain it in a helpful position. There is an LED indicator which gives some indication of status, it flashes during the exposure. The MC-36 has an annoying habit of gradually turning away from my refuge location during the exposure so it's hard to be sure that all is well. Now it's a simple matter to set the tripod with the bracket orientated towards my planned refuge location, so I can watch it with binoculars. If I can raise the energy I will try it out tonight, last night the moon was perfect with the sunset, but by the time I saw it it was too late to take photo's.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2020 11:26 |
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chrisbet
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I don't think much of the composition 
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2020 12:14 |
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Robert
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chrisbet wrote:I don't think much of the composition That's the problem with taking pictures in the dark!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2020 14:42 |
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jk
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Well done Robert. Problem solved. I suggest that a small neoprene bag will protect it in case of detachment!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2020 15:02 |
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chrisbet
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.. but then he can't see it flashing through his bins
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2020 15:37 |
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Robert
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Just back in from my first session, 200 frames at 20 second intervals of the sunset over the Lake District mountains and fells, maybe interesting cloud movement and perhaps even lighting when the clouds got a tinge of purple, we will see. Back out later, forecast clear skies until 1am. I was going to leave the tripod out but Eric has got me worried. I am slowly making friends with the grey cat, it sat on the stern watching me all evening. I even managed to stroke it.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28th, 2020 01:57 |
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jk
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chrisbet wrote:.. but then he can't see it flashing through his bins Maybe he needs a magnetic fixing as well!
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