On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:23:20AM -0800, David Bliss wrote: > experimenting tonight I found that if my drive mode is in Continuous, the > camera shuts off after 30 seconds but if drive mode is single-shot I can > expose as long as I like.
Oops! I spoke too soon. It's *not* the drive mode that makes the difference. It's holding the shutter release half-cocked for a few seconds before starting the exposure. I.e., if you start from the camera at rest and push the button all the way down at once, it'll crash after 30s. If you hold it half cocked for a few seconds (guess: long enough for the SR icon to come on if SR is enabled?) then continue into the exposure, it'll work perfectly. At least on my camera, for a half-dozen test shots, when The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (53% of Full)... Let me know how it works for you. Thanks, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
