Nikon COOLPIX 5400 Manual page 116

The Shooting Menu
Bulb/Time
In mode M (manual exposure mode), shutter
speed can be set to BULB or TIME for long ex-
posures of up to ten minutes (
controls how long exposures are made.
Option
Shutter will remain open as long as shutter-release button is held
Bulb
down, to a maximum of ten minutes.
release
Selecting this option displays menu of ex-
posure times. Choose from 30 s (thirty sec-
onds), 1 m (one minute), 3 m (three minutes),
5 m (fi ve minutes), or 10 m (ten minutes).
Timed
Shutter will open when shutter-release but-
release
ton is pressed and will remain open until
specifi ed exposure time has elapsed or the
shutter-release button is pressed again.
Long Exposures
Longer exposure times increase the amount of noise visible in the picture; we recom-
mend that noise reduction (
104
53). This menu
Description
111) be turned on for long exposures.
BULB/TIME
Bulb release
Timed release
TIMED RELEASE
Shutter opens for:
30s
1m
3m
5m
10m