Canon EOS 700D Bulb Mode / Long Exposure Demonstration

Manual Mode settings / Bulb mode demonstration
Photos taken with Canon EOS 700D DSLR Manual Mode before sunrise Milnerton Cape Town / and Table Mountain Cape town late PM.

Objective: Demonstrating the change in exposure when using Bulb mode with three different shutter speed / release times taking three consecutive photos. (Bulb mode is generally used for Shutter Speeds of 30 seconds or longer - but could be used for shorter manual Shutter Speed selections as well). 

Note: Longer exposures are also achievable in the Canon Tv Mode (Shutter Priority) or by manually dialing in similar shutter settings in M Mode up to 30 seconds. 

Equipment

• Canon EOS 700D SLR camera body
• Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens
• Canon RC-6 Wireless Remote Shutter Release
• Exposure settings: Manual Mode ISO 100 - 400 Aperture f/8.0 - f/11 Bulb mode
• Manfrotto Compact MKC3-H01 tripod
• With zero post-processing

Manual Exposure Settings

• Shutter Speed: Bulb mode (Between 0.7 - 30.4 seconds)
• Aperture: f/8 - f/11
• ISO: 100 - 400
• No flash

Table Mountain Cape Town : 10:45 PM

  
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ISO 100   Aperture f/8.0  Shutter / Exposure time 2.6 seconds

ISO 100   Aperture f/8.0  Shutter / Exposure time 20.4 seconds 

ISO 100   Aperture f/18.0  Shutter / Exposure time 30.4 seconds 

Before Sunrise Milnerton Cape Town : 05:53 AM

ISO 400   Aperture f/11  Shutter / Exposure time 0.7 seconds 

ISO 400  Aperture f/11  Shutter / Exposure time 3.2 seconds

ISO 400  Aperture f/11  Shutter / Exposure time 5.4 seconds

For other longer exposure examples have a look at the 2014 Cape Town Fireworks images.