Sony PC9 Still Picture

22 Jan 2006 12:54 AM

miamicuse

I have a Sony PC9 that can take still pictures to the memory card. I was
trying to figure out how I can turn off the automatic feature for exposed
time so I can take a shot in the dark of someone walking from one end to
another in one single shot. Looking through the menu apparently there is no
way to do this. I remember my old Rollei I can set the exposure to the "B"
setting and it will open until I release the button. I want to make sure I
am not mistaken as there are many many options in their menu but this seem
to be missing. Or may be this feature is not applicable for a digital
picture?

MC

24 Jan 2006 12:31 AM

Gene E. Bloch

On 1/21/2006, miamicuse managed to type:

> I have a Sony PC9 that can take still pictures to the memory card. I was
> trying to figure out how I can turn off the automatic feature for exposed
> time so I can take a shot in the dark of someone walking from one end to
> another in one single shot. Looking through the menu apparently there is no
> way to do this. I remember my old Rollei I can set the exposure to the "B"
> setting and it will open until I release the button. I want to make sure I
> am not mistaken as there are many many options in their menu but this seem
> to be missing. Or may be this feature is not applicable for a digital
> picture?
>
> MC

Many - but not all - still digital cameras have a Bulb setting. I am
not aware of this in any digital camcorders, however. Of course, I
don't know everything - really! :-)

Gino

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27 Jan 2006 3:17 PM

Laurence Payne

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:54:17 -0500, "miamicuse"
<nmbexc***@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have a Sony PC9 that can take still pictures to the memory card. I was
>trying to figure out how I can turn off the automatic feature for exposed
>time so I can take a shot in the dark of someone walking from one end to
>another in one single shot. Looking through the menu apparently there is no
>way to do this. I remember my old Rollei I can set the exposure to the "B"
>setting and it will open until I release the button. I want to make sure I
>am not mistaken as there are many many options in their menu but this seem
>to be missing. Or may be this feature is not applicable for a digital
>picture?
>

I think you would get better results from taking a movie and
post-processing it.