Using a Nikon D300 in Bulb mode with the ML-3 IR remote
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I’m shooting with a Nikon D300 and want to use Bulb mode with the Nikon ML-3 infrared remote. On the camera’s shutter button, Bulb stays open only while the button is held down. With the remote, a quick press seems to give only a very short exposure. Can the ML-3 be used for long Bulb exposures, and if so, how should the camera and remote be set up?
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The ML-3 can do bulb mode. Set the camera to bulb and the remote to continuous (C) and as long as you hold the button (and maintain IR connection) the shutter should remain open. See this Photography Life article for some info.
For completeness, the ML-L3 IR remote (the other I asked you about) can also do bulb on supported cameras. In that situation, the camera should be in manual mode, shutter speed set to "--" and then the shutter is tripped on first press and closed on second press.
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Yes. The ML-3 can be used for Bulb exposures on the Nikon D300, but it does not work as a press-once-to-open, press-again-to-close toggle.
Set the camera to Bulb and set the ML-3 remote mode to continuous (C). Then press and hold the remote button; the shutter should remain open for as long as you keep the button pressed and the IR link is maintained. When you release the button, the shutter closes.
The first-press/open, second-press/close behavior mentioned in some Nikon discussions applies to the ML-L3 remote on supported cameras, not to the ML-3 in this use case.
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