Nikon 8800 User Manual

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The Shooting Menu

In mode M, shutter speed can be set to BULB or TIME 
for long exposures of up to ten minutes (

 51).  This 

menu controls how long exposures are made.

Longer exposure times increase the amount of noise 
visible in the picture; we recommend that noise reduc-
tion (

 109) be turned on for long exposures.

Shutter will remain open as long as shutter-release button is held down, to 
a maximum of ten minutes (if supplied ML-L3 remote control is used, shut-
ter will open when remote-control shutter-release button is pressed and will 
close after ten minutes or when shutter-release button is pressed again).

Selecting this option displays menu of exposure times.  
Choose from 30 s  (thirty seconds), 1 m  (one minute), 
3 m  (three minutes), 5 m  (fi ve minutes), or 10 m  (ten 
minutes).  Shutter will open when shutter-release but-
ton is pressed and will remain open until specifi ed ex-
posure time has elapsed or the shutter-release button is 
pressed again.

Timed release

BULB/TIME

Bulb release

The supplied ML-L3 remote control (

 42) can be used to eliminate blur caused by the 

camera moving when the shutter-release button is pressed at the beginning or end of a 
long time exposure.  Before using the ML-L3, activate the self-timer (

 41).

TIMED RELEASE

1m

Shutter opens for:

3m
5m

10m

30s