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Long-exposure shooting (Bulb mode)

Long-exposure shooting (Bulb mode)

From the course: Learning to Use Mirrorless Cameras

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Long-exposure shooting (Bulb mode)

- Sometimes you may find yourself shooting in a lower light situation, and of course you could do things like bump up the ISO or open the aperture, but it might not match the shooting style that you're going for. There are benefits to shooting with a lower ISO, less noise, less grain, and you may have a scene with real estate where you really want the depth of field. So in this case, you want to use the smaller aperture. Well, there's a great option and it's shutter speed, but you might not know exactly what shutter speed you need. Fortunately, there's a mode called Bulb Mode. This allows you to let the camera keep shooting continuously and then make an adjustment and determine what it needs. Now, there are two ways to do this, depending upon what option your camera offers but let's switch to a mode here like Aperture Priority first. I'll unlock the mode button and I'm going to dial in F22. Perfect. Now what I'm going…

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