Using a remote shutter trigger: I just wonder if the Gurus here ever cover the eyepiece when using a remote shutter trigger? I remember reading that it should be covered to keep light...

NiagaraJim Loc: Niagara Falls, ON

I just wonder if the Gurus here ever cover the eyepiece when using a remote shutter trigger?
I remember reading that it should be covered to keep light from going in and causing the settings to be wrong.

dooragdragon Loc: Alma , Arkansas

Haven't covered mine while using my wired trigger but I have been inside shooting thru a glass storm door and was using the eyeview not the lcd screen .
Try this simple test, shoot without at a set object, place a piece of black tape over eye view shot same object , compare photo's. Make your decision to cover or not from there.
Shooting conditions ie weather,position of sun,camera etc will afect how much light may possibly enter thru eye piece.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

NiagaraJim wrote:

I just wonder if the Gurus here ever cover the eyepiece when using a remote shutter trigger?
I remember reading that it should be covered to keep light from going in and causing the settings to be wrong.

No

dhaywood

My camera has a built-in closer for those times when you want to use a remote shutter release. Most of the time I forget to use it but I have never noticed any difference whether shooting inside or out on a sunny day.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

No.

Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho

NiagaraJim wrote:

I just wonder if the Gurus here ever cover the eyepiece when using a remote shutter trigger?
I remember reading that it should be covered to keep light from going in and causing the settings to be wrong.

I have seen photographers use gaffers tape (less sticky) to cover the eye piece to take longer exposures and night shots. I have yet to ask Canon if this is a valid practice.

gopiqpp Loc: SAUDI ARABIA

Does covering the eye piece apply to EVF too, or only to mirror reflex view finders?

DaveHam Loc: Reading UK

Yes, always.

If you have a strong light source (like the sun) behind you it is possible to get flare through the eyepiece when shooting remotely as the mirror lifts and closes.

gopiqpp Loc: SAUDI ARABIA

How about in the SLT fixed mirror cameras like the Sony a57?

Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa

gopiqpp wrote:

How about in the SLT fixed mirror cameras like the Sony a57?

Cover the view finder when shooting time laps photography at night.

Joecosentino Loc: Whitesboro, New York

I have shot 5 minute plus exposures with a lee big stopper I have shot them with the camera covered and not covered and I did not see any difference in the photos.

RJM Loc: Cardiff, S Wales, UK

I don't have the problems as my camera is mirrorless!

Can't add anything constructive to the thread as a result.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Covering the viewfinder makes very little difference in most cases, not enough to bother with, UNLESS:

The viewfinder is truly and OPTICAL viewfinder on an SLR, and then only if there is strong light coming from BEHIND the camera, or if the exposure is quite long. The EVF style will not make any difference.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

NiagaraJim wrote:

I just wonder if the Gurus here ever cover the eyepiece when using a remote shutter trigger?
I remember reading that it should be covered to keep light from going in and causing the settings to be wrong.

There was a lengthy discussion about this a couple of weeks ago, but I'm not very hopeful about finding it with a Search.

A blogger wrote about a test he did in which he left the lens open for a very long exposure with a bright light shining directly into the viewfinder. There was no leakage of light. However, as someone here pointed out, there was a flaw in his testing, so you should play it safe and cover the viewfinder for long exposures. I don't recall what the reasoning was, but covering is better than not covering (although I have never done it).

I found the previous discussion.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-111186-1.html

davidcaley Loc: Utah

During long exposures the mirror is up and closes off any light coming thru eyepiece. During exposure at ordinary shutter times mirror my not be in complete closure against pentaprism and some light leak. Ordinarily hard to reproduce.