Canon 5D mark III question

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I am trying to figure out how to leave the light on in the upper display so I can see the counter (timer) when using bulb mode. I set the camera to build and fire but the only place I found a timer is on the upper display. Problem is that the light only stays on for a short time leaving me with no idea how long I am exposing my shot. So I have two questions, first is this the only place to see your build mode timer and second can someone please explain how to set that light for a much longer time on. I looked in the manual but i cant find any info. Thanks for your help.
 
daugirdas said:
I am sorry for a daft question, but have you got and read the camera manual? You know that little book that came in the box... it's got all the answers
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A bit harsh? :(
 
says quite clearly in his post:
" I looked in the manual but i cant find any info. Thanks for your help."

the guy is seeking a few answers for his problem ... i thought this was suposed to be a friendly forum.
a pretty cantankerous reply!!!!
 
I had a trawl through the .pdf of the manual, and as the manual states on P48 "During a bulb exposure, pressing the shutter button completely will turn off the LCD panel illumination" I don't think this is going to fly....others may know better?

The manual is downlodable from Canon, or I can send you a copy. It's handy to search through, as a lot of the information is splattered across different chapters.
 
I think if you illuminate the top screen while in a bulb mode shot you MAY end up with a light leak problem, even though the original problem may have been fixed, so it's been designed that way to stop it. It didn't work too well with the early 5D3 models but they should all be fixed by now.
 
modchild said:
I think if you illuminate the top screen while in a bulb mode shot you MAY end up with a light leak problem, even though the original problem may have been fixed, so it's been designed that way to stop it. It didn't work too well with the early 5D3 models but they should all be fixed by now.
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I thought they fixed the light leak problem. Well it stays on for about 10 seconds and the goes off. It's a bit frustrating that I paid 3000 u.s. and my old 600 u.s. didn't have the problem. I love this camera so I will keep looking for an answer.


Thanks everyone,
 
gridlock said:
Looks like it can't be done. The manual says the light goes off when you fully depress the button.

You could solve the problem with something like this www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007H50D0S.
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Okay now I'm a bit mad. One of the first things I bought was a shutter release for 75 u.s. that's double my old one but I knew I really needed it so I got it. The sales man brought out one with a timer for like 150 u.s and I ask him what do I need the timer for, what do people use them for? He said all he could think of was time laps. I told him I don't ever plan to do that and he said go with the none timer release so I did.

I WANT A DO-OVER!!!!
 
lodious said:
I had a trawl through the .pdf of the manual, and as the manual states on P48 "During a bulb exposure, pressing the shutter button completely will turn off the LCD panel illumination" I don't think this is going to fly....others may know better?

The manual is downlodable from Canon, or I can send you a copy. It's handy to search through, as a lot of the information is splattered across different chapters.
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Thanks I got the manual off the net the other day but appreciate the offer.
 
Jayst84 said:
Can you not press the illumination button when you want to check the time? You risk a tiny amount of camera shake, but on long exposures it shouldn't be noticeable.

I just use a watch though, saves your battery, you can time past 999 seconds and you don't have to be near the camera to keep checking it.
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Not really because I would end up pushing the button many times on a long exposure because the light only stays on for a few secondsThe button is small and I would be doing this in the dark so the chance of getting shake is very high. I guess I need to buy a trigger with a timer.
 
shaylou said:
Not really because I would end up pushing the button many times on a long exposure because the light only stays on for a few secondsThe button is small and I would be doing this in the dark so the chance of getting shake is very high. I guess I need to buy a trigger with a timer.
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I've done it without any trouble before. You don't need to keep going back, because you know roughly how long your exposure is, so don't need to be checking constantly all the way through. A small amount of shake, provided the camera ends up back where it started, won't register on an exposure of any real length.

As I said though, a stopwatch (on your wristwatch, or mobile phone, etc) is the easiest, and much cheaper than buying a fancy remote - free assuming you already own something.
 
markmullen said:
I bought one of the intervalometers, for bulb mode it is very good, and illuminated, it works well.
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This seems to be a very easy solution. Aren't they about £15 quid off Amazon? Surely you don't want to be holding the shutter button on the camera for the duration of the exposure?
 
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