Bulb mode (long exposure) 400d Faulty?

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Bulb mode Canon 400d

Hello.

I have recently tried bulb mode on my camera with a remote release and found when using this mode it takes a long time for the information to be saved the the compact flash card... I.E. if i take an exposure for 45 secs it can then take another 60 secs + to write to the card so I cannot take another photo until this finishes.

Ist his normal? I'm sure I tried it last year and as soon and you close the shutter the information was instantaneous. Any information appreciated thanks.

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john
 
I dont think mine does this :S
I swear i've taken long exposures and shot straight away. Might be a bit slow processing, but no where near 1 minute.
 
i think it may be long exposure noise reduction, as this takes the same time as the exposure to run
 
Ahh :P
Well maybe I had it on a low ISO opposed to something higher then.
 
you can turn it off, so it takes instantly, i dont bother with it and use noise ninja if i have to
 
cannockwolf said:
i think it may be long exposure noise reduction, as this takes the same time as the exposure to run
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:clap: Yes well done! Thats it! Just turned off noise reduction and took a 15 sec exposure and it worked straight afterwards. Then with Noise reduction in auto mode it took 18 secs... Thanks a lot.

Don't mind it taking that long as long as i know. Thanks for such a speedy reply too:thumbs: I will check out noise ninja too. Is this Freeware or is it software you can purchase?

Regards,

john
 
glad to help :)

noise ninja is a cool program, its $45 but heres a trial download
 
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