In bulb mode does it work like, 1. fire once to open shutter and fire once more to close the shutter or 2. fire once hold the shutter and release?
1680090
In bulb mode it holds the shutter open until the set time elapses. I think this is accomplished by keeping an electrical circuit closed for the set time.
1368045
Put the camera in rapid fire, manual focus, out the trigger in bulb... hit it once and the shutter will stay engaged. That might work.
498130
Not as far as I know. Unless you set the exposure to stay open for a pre-set amount of time on the camera. Otherwise you could use "Bulb" and as long as you hold it down, it will stay open.
2083369
The strobe feature is optional (no extra buttons). Just press the ON/OFF button twice quickly in sequence to turn on, press once to turn OFF. Normal mode, press once for ON, press once for OFF.
963632
The bulb setting on the remote simulates holding the shutter button down. It can be used in multiple ways: 1. To take a long exposure, set the remote to bulb, and set your camera to bulb mode. When you press and hold the remote button, the shutter should open and remain open until you release the button. You determine the length of exposure. 2. To take a burst of shots, set your camera to burst mode, press and hold the button - the camera will continue taking shots until you release. 3. To take exposure bracketed shots, set the camera for exposure bracketing and for burst mode. Press and hold the shutter until the camera has taken all shots needed for bracketing and then release. Different cameras may handle bracketing in different ways.
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The lock button is used when you have your camera in manual mode, using the "bulb" function. That means when the camera is set to this function and the button is locked, the shutter while stay open for as long as the button is locked, or the abilities of the camera are reached. This is usually done when taking longer exposures in low light, or astrophotography. If you have ever seen a picture of a stream where everything is clear except the water seems to be blurred in motion, this is how that is done.
80967
Actually David if your shooting with a SLR you should have a bulb setting on your camera. In this mode you control the length of your exposure. The remote has a lock feature that will allow you to take long exposures.
663809
You can use either shutter button one right after the other, shoot horizontal and use the release on the body, turn it vertical and use the one on the battery grip, then back to horizontal, no problems. Nothing else to do! And it works whether you're using the view finder or the Live View screen.
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Will it fire? Yes. Will it work in full TTL Auto Mode? I don't think so. I use these in slaved multiple flash situations and they function beautifully for that purpose. There is also a newer version of this flash but the previous version is also being sold I think. If you do buy, make sure you get the newer version. Would advise getting advice from someone who can address a solution your needs and knowledge level before you buy. Good luck!
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1. Yes. I did RTFM. 2. Get into your Nikon's menu and go to where the self-timer settings are. On my D5100 it is called "Release Mode". If you find one or two settings for "Remote Control Mode", select one. Turn on the camera. Stand in front of the camera. Aim the ML-L3 at the camera. Smile. Push the remote button. View picture. 3. It has two uses: To include yourself in a picture without having to run like hell after you press the shutter release, and to release the shutter gently so you don't shake the camera and blur the picture. My D5100 has a second sensor on the back for this purpose. 4. Because "useless" and "junk" depend on the customer. About 32 reviewers out of 41 seem to have found a use for it. I also am interested: How did you come to acquire this piece of crap?
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by "lock". For me, I set the shutter speed on my camera (which does have a bulb option). When my camera shutter speed is on the bulb setting, I can press and hold the button on the remote for as long as I want to determine the duration of the shot. Does that help?
871080
You set the camera body on Bulb and you can set the amount of time the timer keeps the shutter open. 2-7-12 minutes, etc. which is the same as open continuously.
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Hold button till red light turns on and stays on (not blinking) for camera use...hold again for two seconds till red light blinks and stays blinking for video recording..whens is starts blinking. .its recording...hold for five seconds to turns off ..light will blink for shut off just give it a min and It will turn off...instructions are weird...but a lil trial and error will help figure out the controls...and that's I for your basic modes...camera perty durable for the price paid
825472
If you set the camera on "Bulb", you can press remote button and slide it forward to lock the shutter open and remain open until you disengage the lock on the remote.
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Yes, all you have to do is choose the "BULB" shutter speed and choose the "Use Remote" option on the camera and VALLA! All you have to do is press the shutter button once on the remote and when you finish press the shutter button again and that's it.
1495111
It has two settings, both require you to depress the tip to fire. One will only fire with the trigger being depressed and released, while the other will fire as long as you keep the trigger depressed and it will fire every time you make contact with the tip.
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The latter; You press the button once to open the shutter. Then it stays open until you press the button once more.