A Camera Q

On 18 Aug 2015 in rec.photo.digital, Whisky-dave wrote:

To B or not to B

The B setting on cameras, you'd have thought that in this day and
age the B setting could be a toggle function as the only reason to
use B is typicall for exposures of longer duration than 15 or 30
seconds which appear a common maximium.

So B for long exposures of 30 so how can I hold this shutter
release down for say up to an hour or perhaps longer...

Why can't the B setting be updated to a toggle function..via
firmware..or a new function added, other than wanting to sell
expensive remotes....... I can trigger my EOS M3 with my ipad but
why can't I have longer exposures via the ipad it'd be relatively
simple to program I'd have thought. Just keep sending the open
instruction to the camera for an amount of time set on the ipad.

I was just looking through the manual for the Nikon D5200. It has both
'Bulb' and 'Time' settings, although they say that Time requires "an
optional ML-L3 remote control".

For What It's Worth - I have an infrared remote control app for my
Samsung Android phone which works fine with both the D5200 and a D7000.

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