D3100 BULB settings

<p>I would like to know if this Camera NIKON 3100 is capable of letting me use a remote control with it for the BULB setting , pressing the trigger and holding it for even a 30s, could be very sakey<br>

thank you</p>

 

<p>Yes with the MC-DC2 Remote Release Cord</p>

<p>I think if you get the wireless remote, when you put the camera in bulb mode, one press of the remote opens the shutter, and the next closes it.</p>

<p>Unfortunately you cannot use the ML-L3 wireless remote with the D3100 - you have to use the cord referred to by Marc. This is a rather disappointing step backwards in specification from the D3100's predecessors like the D40x.</p>

<p>Yuk. What a dumb feature reduction.</p>

<p>Actually, at least for my purposes, the MC-DC2 is far superior to wireless infrared remotes. The IR sensor polls the light a couple of times per second which means that the timing is subject to that kind of inaccuracy. So with IR, it's impossible to fire two cameras simultaneously, whereas it can be done easily with the MC-DC2 interface. I have not tried to do this with the D3100 though, but I'm happy that the IR remotes are history as a few years ago one had to pay for a D300 to get electrical remote control... very expensive for a simple task.</p>

<p>Electrical remote control is not only useful because of its more precise timing but also for remote control of cameras in various applications (when triggering is done by machine, why have a superfluous IR link which may not even work reliably in all lighting conditions when you can just have a cable from control unit to camera?)</p>

<p>I can't confirm this as I don't have the wireless, but the local retailer I bought the wired one from, noted that unless you are in 'front' of the camera, or at least to one side, it won't work. The wired one, OTOH, works from anywhere.</p>

<p>The wireless ML-L3 works from behind my D7000. There is a sensor there as well as at the front.</p>

<p>This is a tricky question. I have the d3000 which uses the wireless remote. So it comes down to this.. How often do you plan to be in the frame of your picture ?? With the cable remote you can stand behind the camera. The wireless model you have to point at a sensor on the front or bounce off a solid object. I personally haven't had problems with my hand being in the frame but it remains a problem for some. I guess it comes down to what kind of pictures you plan to take. But again I'll refrain the first answer, you can't use a wireless remote with the 3100. An ill informed salesman at Ritz Camera tried to tell me you could.</p><div></div>