How long can I set shutter for? I have an Olympus DSLR E520 and I want to take long exposure shots. However I can only set shutter time to 60 secs. Is this the max time or am I doing...

TassieDevil Loc: Tasmania Australia

I have an Olympus DSLR E520 and I want to take long exposure shots. However I can only set shutter time to 60 secs. Is this the max time or am I doing something wrong ?. After that it goes to BULB. Can I set it for say a 5 min exposure and how? Duh :roll:

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

use bulb (archaic term from the mathew brady days) what it does is keep the shutter open until you hit the shutter button again. forgive my middle age brain, i cant rember what the darn button you press to take a shot is called. being 50 bites!

CanonDale Loc: Albany Oregon

With bulb you can leave your shutter open for however long you want or your batteries will last, but you have to open and close the shutter.

TassieDevil Loc: Tasmania Australia

sinatraman wrote:

use bulb (archaic term from the mathew brady days) what it does is keep the shutter open until you hit the shutter button again. forgive my middle age brain, i cant rember what the darn button you press to take a shot is called. being 50 bites!

Thanks for that but when I use bulb the shutter only stays open as long as I keep my finger ON it :cry:
I just phoned Olympus support and they said "You can only go to 60 secs max time. Bulb setting will only stay open as long as you HOLD your finger on the button" So I guess that answered that. At least I (we) know ;)

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

You can get a cable release that locks. It will stay open till the battery goes dead.
Erv

rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA

Erv wrote:

You can get a cable release that locks. It will stay open till the battery goes dead.
Erv

Some time ago there was a mention of sensor heat if a shutter is left open on a digital camera for long periods of time.
Is this still an issue with cameras?

Cas Loc: Maine

rayford 2 - Some time ago there was a mention of sensor heat if a shutter is left open on a digital camera for long periods of time.
Is this still an issue with cameras?

I'm interested in that answer as well.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Get a locking cable release. These have a switch so you can keep the shutter open and not have to hold it with your thumb.
Release the lock to close the shutter and end the shot.

Larry

Rader Loc: Northwest Missouri

with my canon xti and using the "bulb function and a cheap remote it opens the shutter the first time I press and the shutter stays open till the second time i press. and the camera counts the "seconds that it is open on the display

lexstgo Loc: Houston, TX

TassieDevil wrote:

I have an Olympus DSLR E520 and I want to take long exposure shots. However I can only set shutter time to 60 secs. Is this the max time or am I doing something wrong ?. After that it goes to BULB. Can I set it for say a 5 min exposure and how? Duh :roll:

TassieDevil: Here is a link on ebay for the shutter release cable:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remote-Shutter-Release-Cord-4-Olympus-RM-UC1-E410-E520-/280641647591?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item41578bb3e7

You can also use an IR remote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remote-Control-for-OLYMPUS-DSLR-E-5-E-30-E-620-E-520-E-420-E-510-E-3-as-RM-1-/350499582852?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item519b673384

For the IR remote, you place the shutter speed to Bulb. You press it once to open the shutter and then press it a second time to close the shutter.

Depending on the situation, you could use either of these 2 items. Given the price on ebay, you might just purchase both.

Hope this works for you.

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

treadwl wrote:

Get a locking cable release. These have a switch so you can keep the shutter open and not have to hold it with your thumb.
Release the lock to close the shutter and end the shot.

Larry

A wireless remote will work also.

TassieDevil Loc: Tasmania Australia

Thanks for that Lexstgo u r right at that price I might be able to afford both :)