204In this mode, the shutter stays open as long as you hold down theshutter button completely, and closes when you let go of the shutterbutton. This is called bulb exposure. Use bulb exposures for nightscenes, fireworks, the heavens, and other subjects requiring longexposures.1 Set the Mode Dial to <F>.2 Set the desired aperture. While looking at the LCD panel, turnthe <6> or <5> dial.3 Take the picture. The exposure will continue for as longas you keep the shutter buttonpressed completely. The elapsed exposure time will bedisplayed on the LCD panel.F: Bulb ExposuresElapsed exposure time Do not point the camera toward an intense light source, such as the sunor an intense artificial light source. Doing so may damage the imagesensor or the camera’s internal components. Long exposures produce more noise than usual. If ISO Auto is set, the ISO speed will be ISO 400 (p.150). For a bulb exposure, if you use both the self-timer and mirror lockupinstead of the bulb timer, keep pressing the shutter button completely(self-timer delay time + bulb exposure time). If you let go of the shutterbutton during the self-timer countdown, there will be a shutter-releasesound, but no picture will be taken. If you use the bulb timer under thesame shooting conditions, you need not keep holding down the shutterbutton completely.
