64T Night Shots

Post by **Rick Palidwor** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:30 am

hedfrodady wrote:I received a 561 today, i wanna test this AutoB function ;-)
T-Scan do you have the manual ?

I might be wrong but I don't think the 561 has AutoB. I think it just has "regular" B, which is the slider on the bottom left. It allows you to lock the shutter open - very cool - but not the same as "Auto B".

Rick

Post by **T-Scan** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:31 am

Yeah, I have the 561 and it has autoB.

Post by **Rick Palidwor** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:07 am

T-Scan wrote:Yeah, I have the 561 and it has autoB.

Okay, good to know. There are so many Nizo models it gets confusing. I guess this is what separates the 561 from the 560 (and any other model that ends with "1" from those that end with "0".
Rick

Post by **Mitch Perkins** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:47 am

T-Scan wrote:It doesn't seem as if you can. when I go into manual f-stop, the frame rate stays the same.. it should slow down to allow the propper light in.

No, because maintaining the frame rate allows you to keep the blur but darken the image, if that's the look you're after.

If - 1 exp/30 sec @ 1.4 on B

Then - (intervalometer) set to 1 exp/min @ 2.8 etc.

Maximum automatic exp time (interval/B) may be limited to 2 min. ?

For >2 min., external intervalometer, or click it by hand...in the freezing snow...naked...

T-Scan wrote: I heard you can shoot normal speed shutterless, but doesn't seem to be the case either. there seems to be 2 shutters, a backup and a regular. when i look through the view finder and open the lever, I can see through the shutter (no film inserted) but pull the trigger and a shutter in front of the one I opened (I think) goes into action.
T-Scan wrote:
Retracting part of two-part shutter assembly rotates into shutter opening continuously as it retracts, (out one end, in the other), allowing for manual fade in/out.

Time exposures do not require a wide shutter angle; just one that stops in the right place. ~:?)

Brilliant overlapping Nizo design!

T-Scan wrote: I took a few takes at 24fps with the shutter lever all the way to B, or open.. and actually got narrow shutter results, it looked awsome, but I was hoping to shoot shutterless at normal speed too. maybe someone with more Nizo experience can fill us in.

As above, retracting the shutter closes it down. Pull the lever down as you retract, note it locks halfway (before TE lock). This is to retain shallow depth of field on bright sunny days (1 stop). TE lock position is I believe 2 stops, for when you're shooting a bomb going off.

Mitch

Post by **hedfrodady** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:44 am

T-Scan wrote:I just got a home made pampohlet with mine, but the autoB is pretty simple to use. set it to autoB and engage the running lock. I also just learned, the autoB takes a light reading from a seperate external meter next to the Nizo logo.

Thanks T-Scan for these infos.
But it will be great if someone has the manual in *.pdf or *.jpeg for the other functions etc...
I think it's the same than Nizo 801.
I can't find a link to download it

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:11 pm

I never shoot time-exposure wide open, the white lights always blow out and the image has a soft hazy look.

I never go below 2.8, and I'm surprised your images are on the dark side because if I had shot those images at a 2.8-4.0 split with a 6 second time exposure it would have more density/information than what I am seeing.

Is it possible the actual time-exposure time was only a couple of seconds, but then the increment before the next frame being exposed was much longer?

So the sequence was time=exposure 2 seconds, interval before next exposure was much longer, then time-exposure for another 2 seconds, etc.

If that was the method what I don't like about that is all the down time between exposures.

Post by **T-Scan** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:30 pm

True, I leveled it a little darker to how I like it. I was thinking of trying it manually next time, stopping down and setting my own increments.. 2.8-4.0 split sounds about right.