Bulb Mode on the D700

[mslpics]

Last night while shooting the full moon I discovered that I had to keep the release button pressed to hold the shutter open while in bulb mode. Since the D700 does not use a cable that can be locked it's a pain to have to hold the release button on long exposures.. Does anybody know how to take a picture in bulb mode and not have to have to hold the release button?

Thanks for the help.

[autofocus]

Originally Posted by mslpics

Last night while shooting the full moon I discovered that I had to keep the release button pressed to hold the shutter open while in bulb mode. Since the D700 does not use a cable that can be locked it's a pain to have to hold the release button on long exposures.. Does anybody know how to take a picture in bulb mode and not have to have to hold the release button?

Thanks for the help.

..not speaking from experience, but what about wireless? I believe there are inexpensive little wireless shutter releases sold???

[scootermcq]

Buy a $5.00 cable.... the slide covers the button and holds it down until you want to release it.

REMOTE Cable RELEASE FOR Nikon D300s D700 D3 D200 MC-30: Amazon.ca: Electronics

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by mslpics

Last night while shooting the full moon I discovered that I had to keep the release button pressed to hold the shutter open while in bulb mode. Since the D700 does not use a cable that can be locked it's a pain to have to hold the release button on long exposures.. Does anybody know how to take a picture in bulb mode and not have to have to hold the release button?

Thanks for the help.

BTW, how were you shooting the moon that you would need bulb? At 1/250 f/11 iso200 I was close to blowing the highlights.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by scootermcq

BTW, how were you shooting the moon that you would need bulb? At 1/250 f/11 iso200 I was close to blowing the highlights.

I was thinking the same thing.