The camera's noise reduction software is telling it to make multiple exposures. It takes quite a while to complete that process. Paul
> Hi all, > > Today I did an experiment to check noise > at ISO 1600. I capped the lens, put the > camera in a black bag and made a series > of exposures 20, 40, 60 and 80 seconds. > But this is the interesting bit: > > After the first exposure the shutter > wouldn't trip a second time. I took the > camera out of the bag and saw the egg > timer was displayed. It was almost a > minute before it disappeared and the > camera was back to normal. This happened > after every long time exposure. Does > anyone know why this should be? Why > should the buffer unloading itself to > the card, or whatever it is that is > happening, take so long to complete? > > Don > -- > Dr E D F Williams > _______________________________ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > See feature: The Cement Company from Hell > Updated: Print Gallery -- 16 11 2005 >
