At least on my 6x7, the mirror will stay locked without power, but I think you cant get around the shutter requiring power in bulb mode.
On 3/19/08, Gasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Last night we finally got snow here in Europe. Not much, but at least > some photo oportunities. > > Used my Pentax 6x7 MLU for one 4 minute long exposure. Battery started > to weak because of cold weather, so i decided to shoot something with > K100D and go sleep :) > > Question: Anyone knows about modification to Pentax 6x7 (i have MLU > version), that astro photographers are using? To be able to shoot > B-exposures without battery usage. > > Can i modify camera without sending to Pentax service? > > Gasha > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
