edward_cheung

<p>Thanks, I am just worry about that with the shutter being open and having the camera shut off, and turn it back on again, will it create any issue with the shutter in the long run. Well, I guess I just stick to the infomation provide by the manual then.</p>

<p>Michael, thanks for tip, now I know what the memo button is for. But how is the power drain using this method? Do you think the battery will last for the whole night?</p>

<p>I will properly need long exposure time to 2-3 hours, and I don't know if the battery will have enough power for that long, so I am wondering that can I keep the shutter open and then shut off the camera? It seems to work in the test run, but will it cause any damage to the camera?<br /> Here is how I do it, (1) turn the shutter speed to bulb, press it and have the shutter open, (2) then shut off the camera, (3) when need to close the shutter, I turn it back on again and press the shutter release button again and it will close the shutter.<br /> This way it will not be on the whole time and drain the battery, but will it create some damage ?</p>

<p>thanks in advance,<br /> Ed</p>

<p>It is going to hurt(you), when you fall and the camera is sandwich in between.</p>

<p>Hi Tak,<br>

Thanks for your feedback, there is a switch on the side and you just flip it to "sf" that is the silent mode as you mentioned, and mine stay there since day one. I thought Geoff discovered that there is some setting on the camera so it will be an extra level of silent mode hidden.<br>

As far as I know, those setting is for bracketing and also for setting up the LED displace to show what info and not to show. I just leave it as it is, too complicated for me. <br>

BTW, got mine 6008 for a few weeks, shot 2 rolls, just love this camera, it is like night and day when comparing with a 135 camera. My only complain is lens are expensive.</p>

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<p>Geoff,<br>

How do you setup for the softer shutter?</p>