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Help on editing camera firmware

  • 16-12-2007 1:00am
    #1
    KStolen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭


    I have a Fuji Finepix 6900z and I'd like to take some long exposure shots with it.
    Unfortunately, the max exposure setting is 3 seconds..I'd like to have shots of a coupla minutes or more.

    I can't for the life of me see how I might achieve this "normally" so I thought I'd ask here..is it possible to change the software on the camera to allow longer exposures than 3 seconds through flashing or other techniques? How would I go about that/find more info on it?

    Maybe this isn't really done conventionally and so this is just a stupid question but I hope someone can help me!

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    This is something you Don't Want To Do. Really.


  • #3
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭nilhg


    KStolen wrote: »
    I have a Fuji Finepix 6900z and I'd like to take some long exposure shots with it.
    Unfortunately, the max exposure setting is 3 seconds..I'd like to have shots of a coupla minutes or more.

    I can't for the life of me see how I might achieve this "normally" so I thought I'd ask here..is it possible to change the software on the camera to allow longer exposures than 3 seconds through flashing or other techniques? How would I go about that/find more info on it?

    Maybe this isn't really done conventionally and so this is just a stupid question but I hope someone can help me!

    Thanks.

    Apart from rewriting your cameras firmware, why not take multiple exposures and stack them in software. If I remember remember correctly thats the way most of the digital astro photos are made.


  • #4
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    I used to have a Fuji 602z camera. I think the longest exposure was 3 seconds on aperture priotity mode, but in manual you could bring it to 30 seconds I think. The same went for fast shutter speeds, it was 1/1000th second on aperture priority but on mnaual mode you could make it as fast as 1/10,000th second.


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