Shooting long exposures (bulb) – Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II User Manual
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Shooting Long Exposures (Bulb)
With bulb exposures, shots are exposed for as long as you hold down the
shutter button.
1
Specify bulb exposure.
z
Set the shutter speed to [BULB],
following steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Shutter
Speeds and Aperture Values ([M] Mode)”
2
Shoot.
z
Shots are exposed for as long as you
hold the shutter button all the way down.
The elapsed exposure time is displayed
during exposure.
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Maximum continuous shooting time with this feature is 4 min.
16 sec.
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Mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to keep it
still and prevent camera shake. In this case, also disable image
stabilization (= 52).
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Remote shooting (= 164) function can be used to avoid camera
shake that may otherwise occur when pressing the shutter button
directly.
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When [Touch Shutter] is set to [Enable], shooting is started by
touching the screen once and stopped by touching it again.
Be careful not to move the camera when touching the screen.
Shutter Speed (Sec.)
[BULB], 30 – 1.3
[AUTO], [125] – [3200]
1 – 1/2000
[AUTO], [125] – [12800]
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After you set the shutter speed and aperture value, the exposure
level may change if you adjust the zoom or recompose the shot.
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Screen brightness may change depending on your specified
shutter speed and aperture value. However, screen brightness
remains the same when the flash is up and the mode is set to [ ].
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Image brightness may be affected by the Auto Lighting Optimizer
(= 81). To keep the Auto Lighting Optimizer disabled in [ ]
mode, touch [
] on the Auto Lighting Optimizer setting screen to
add a [ ] mark to [Disable during man expo].
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[ ]: Manual
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Calculation of optimum exposure is based on the specified
metering method (= 79).
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The following operations are available when ISO speed is set to
[AUTO].
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Adjust exposure by turning the exposure compensation dial.
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Touch [ ] to lock the ISO speed. Screen brightness changes
accordingly.