"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message 
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>> I can't get a stable-enough image.  I have a tripod, but it is set on 
>> grass
>> and with no lead for bulb exposure, I still must touch the camera for
>> time-lapse photography - and it moves, however careful I am.
>
> Hold a black card infront of the lens (but not touching) as you press the 
> shutter, then move the card away a split second after you release the 
> shutter.  That might help.

On camera bulb setting, it holds its shutter open as long as the 
shutter-release button is held pressed, irrespective of any light hitting 
the meters.  Which means unfortunately, I have to keep a finger pressed on 
it for the entire length time I want the exposure.  Or get a proper bulb 
cord.  Actually I do have one with another old Pentax SLR that I have had 
for many years, but its screw thread doesn't fit into THIS modern camera. 
Dammit.

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