Re: bulb cannot work

On Sat, Apr 08, 2017 at 08:52:16AM -0700, XYang wrote:
> Marcus Meissner-4 wrote
> > Hi,
> > 
> > http://gphoto.org/doc/remote/
> > 
> > The howto was a bit wrong, but what works for me:
> > 
> > Dial the camera to "M" mode.
> > 
> > Then run:
> > 	gphoto2 --set-config shutterspeed=bulb
> > 	gphoto2 --set-config eosremoterelease=Immediate --wait-event=30s
> > --set-config eosremoterelease="Release Full" --wait-event-and-download=2s 
> > 
> > for a 30 second bulb exposure.
> > 
> > Ciao, Marcus
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 06:42:28AM -0700, XYang wrote:
> >> Hi, 
> >> 
> >> I'm new on gphoto2, and I'm trying to trigger a bulb capture on my Cannon
> >> EOS 100D camera. But when I try to set the shutter speed to bulb mode, an
> >> error happened:
> >> 
> >> /*** Error ***
> >> The property 'Shutter Speed' / 0xd102 was not set, PTP errorcode 0x2019.
> >> 
> >> *** Error ***
> >> Failed to set new configuration value bulb for configuration entry
> >> shutterspeed.
> >> *** Error (-110: 'I/O in progress') ***
> >> /
> >> Other commands work fine, I can capture photo correctly, and I can set
> >> other
> >> shutter speed, except bulb.
> >> And I tried to use
> >> 
> >> /gphoto2 --config/
> >> 
> >> to set the shutter speed, still error:
> >> /
> >> Could not set configuration: I/O in progress/
> >> 
> >> I'm wondering what's going wrong with it? Is EOS 100D not suitable for
> >> bulb?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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> It is when run the code that the error happened:
> 
> /        gphoto2 --set-config shutterspeed=bulb /
> /Failed to set new configuration value bulb for configuration entry/
> 
> Is this because I didn't dial the mode to M？

Yes, bulb exposure is only available in Manual mode.

Ciao, Marcus

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