Solution
With bulb exposures, shots are exposed for as long as you hold down the shutter button.
Caution
Do not aim the camera at intense light sources, such as the sun on a clear day or an intense artificial light source.
Doing so may damage the image sensor or other internal components.
Caution
Maximum continuous shooting time with this feature is 4 min. 16 sec.
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.
To avoid camera shake that may otherwise occur when pressing the shutter button directly, you can control the camera remotely from a smartphone.
When [Touch Shutter] is set to [On], 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.
1.Turn the camera on.
Press the power button.
The startup screen is displayed.
2.Enter [M] mode.
Set the mode dial to [M].
3.Specify bulb exposure.
Touch [Shutter speed] on the screen displayed.
Touch the [
]to set the shutter speed to [BULB].
Press the ⋖
⋗ button to make the setting.
[BULB] is displayed on the shooting screen.
4.Shoot.
Shots are exposed for as long as you hold the shutter button all the way down. The elapsed exposure time is displayed during exposure.