B setting
Techniques Glossary B setting
A camera mode, also known as Bulb or Brief, that keeps the shutter open for as long as the shutter release is pressed. This is useful for recording night scenes, fireworks and light or star trails.
With the B setting chosen, you’ll need to amass a few extra bits and pieces before you venture out to take pictures. But the digital SLR users among you will need to check a few camera settings as well before you start.
Bulb Setting. SLR cameras will have a "B" (Bulb) setting. The bulb setting keeps the shutter open as long as you press the shutter release. The bulb setting is perfect for photographing fireworks.
Bulb Setting - a setting that allows the shutter to stay open as long as the shutter release is being pressed
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Bulb Setting: A shutter speed setting on adjustable cameras that keeps the shutter open for as long as the shutter is pressed. Used for taking timed exposures with a cable release.( e.g. Astronomical photography) ...
Bulb setting
A shutter setting marked B at which the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release is held down. This is used for time exposures that are longer than your camera's preset shutter speeds.
B (Bulb setting): A shutter speed setting that allows time exposures. The shutter stays open as long as the shutter release button remains depressed.
Buffer Memory in a camera or digital device that stores information before it is written to a storage source. Bulb (B Setting) A shutter speed setting that holds the shutter open for as long as the shutter release button remains pressed.
When set to the Bulb setting, the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button is depressed. This allows for real night photography, and is ideal for taking multiple bursts of fireworks on one frame.
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At the B setting, the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button remains fully depressed.
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Take a series of pictures at different exposures.
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Bulb setting on cameras. This keeps the shutter open for as long as you keep the release button pressed. Used in low light e.g. for recording traffic trails or fireworks.
BMP
Bit Mapped is a graphic file format popular with Windows computers.
Pure white areas should have R, G, and B settings of 255. Gray areas should have R, G, and B settings that are equal, for example, 128, 128, and 128 for middle gray. Pure black areas should have R, G, and B settings of 0.
If your camera has a bulb setting (and you have a tripod available), you can use a more advanced technique to capture several bursts on a single frame.
The only thing controversial about it is using the Bulb setting instead of the mirror up custom function. The simple reason for this is that it is a pain to always carry an AC adapter in the field and have it there to plug the camera in.
Some models have a bulb setting for time exposures. The Diana F features a built-in flash, whose synchronization often does not work properly.
For those who don't have a lot of money to spend on a camera body with a manual bulb setting, consider purchasing an old Minolta SR-T body with 50mm, 55mm, or 58mm standard lens.
Another reason for selecting a thirty second exposure is that on most cameras it's the longest available preset shutter speed. You need to use the bulb setting to obtain longer shutter speeds.
Canon 400D EOS / Digital Rebel XTi offers a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second, all the way to 30 seconds or more if you use bulb setting. The Canon EOS 30D model has a shutter speed of 1/8000th of a second to 30 seconds or more using bulb.
B (Bulb) Setting - A shutter-speed setting on an adjustable camera for time exposures. On a B setting, the shutter stays open until closed by the photographer.
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The sharpness of the background can be influenced by apertures and shuttle set. In the flash mode, bulb setting usually is set for absorbing more ambience light (background information), so the end result of the exposure won't be pitch dark.
For example, I recently went to Jasper and used the AEB setting on my camera to take a picture of a mountain, one picture to get the right exposure in the sky, one for the mountain, and one for the dark trees in the foreground. Any suggestions?
B (Bulb) - A shutter speed dial setting that indicates that the shutter will remain open as long as the release button is depressed - also known as the "B setting " or "Bulb" setting. The "B" setting is used for time exposures.
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A feature available in some units to make multiple flash bursts during exposure. Useful for motion study in single frame multiple exposure. Best used in dark studios in Bulb setting.
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The trick is to open the shutter right at the beginning of the burst and close it when it reaches its peak. Anticipating the explosion can be difficult, but not impossible. If you don't have a B setting you can choose a fixed setting, ...
B is the bulb setting, which keeps the shutter open for as long as you keep the release held down. There will also be a flash-sync speed, which is the speed setting for your camera when using a strobe. There's more on this in shutter speed.
are connected, so that the focus shown on the focusing screen will be exactly the same as on the film. However, many inexpensive TLRs are fixed-focus models. Most TLRs use leaf shutters with shutter speeds up to 1/500th sec with a B setting.
For these long exposures, you must use the T and B settings and a cable release. The focal length of a lens used for copying should be governed primarily by the size of the negative to be produced.
 See also: Camera, Light, Photograph, Photography, Shutter
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