Miror locking bulb mode for hand waving.

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A miror locking bulb mode for hand waving could be useful to many. It would add 
sharpness and ease of control particularly for me I expect when i will be using 
my new 6 inch telescope.
I bet this would be useful for the people doing lightning photography and fire 
works as well.
If it was divided up in to three waves I think the mirror locking one would be 
when something moves away from the sensor, that way you can have a peek in the 
viewer before it locks closed.
I think this would be a quick and easy way to do long exposures.
and you might be able to save some shots that need a quick stop to prevent some 
overexposing light. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rona...@nbnet.nb.ca on 28 Apr 2011 at 12:09

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You have bought a 6" telescope, but cannot afford a couple of bucks on a wired 
remote? And you are even willing to hold your hand on the air for several 
minutes, instead of buying one?

Original comment by eduardo....@gmail.com on 28 Apr 2011 at 12:41

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Wires would pull on camera threw long telescope eye peace causing harmonic 
shaking.
And occupy one of your hands.
Why would you need to hold hand in air for several minutes?

Original comment by rona...@nbnet.nb.ca on 28 Apr 2011 at 1:16

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maybe I should be more clear in what i am saying.

i was thinking

activate
on face move away from sensor making mirror lock.
then hand in front of sensor opening shutter.
then hand in front of senor again closing shutter.

and timed exposures with mirror lock of course would be very useful.

activate
on face move away from sensor making mirror lock.
then hand in front of sensor opening shutter for set exposure time.

Original comment by rona...@nbnet.nb.ca on 28 Apr 2011 at 1:27

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I read in its time my telescope was worth $800. I got it for $50 in mint shape 
just needing it mirrors lined up and a few specs of lint brushed off.
I am going without any decent food right now due to lack of funds.
Saving me $10, freeing up my hands, lightning the load, doing a faster and 
better job all these things add up to be quite significant because I am sure 
that many others using the software will find it very handy. I would bet some 
would even become users for this feature. 

Original comment by rona...@nbnet.nb.ca on 29 Apr 2011 at 9:03

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Please, stop that nonsense or I'll close the issue.

Original comment by eduardo....@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2011 at 10:58

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My apologies for any offense.
I think I may have been a bit too defensive when thinking about what I can 
afford.
On the bright side I just finished perfecting my telescope's collimation.
Its has much better resolving power now.
I cant wait til clouds clear.
It would be very nice to have a fast, simple virtual bulb control.
I am pretty sure I will need the mirror lock with it too because I can see it 
make the viewer image jump when it lifts on the extended telescope eyepiece.
Thanks for all your hard work.
I hope you find time to invest in this very worthy feature.
I am sure when people see its convenience it will be very popular.

Original comment by rona...@nbnet.nb.ca on 29 Apr 2011 at 1:53

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Two difficulties found so far:
* We still do not know how to control the mirror.
* While the shutter is open, the display turns itself off, and then the face 
detector stops reporting.

Will keep investigating, however...

Original comment by eduardo....@gmail.com on 2 May 2011 at 9:59

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i never got to try every possibility before mirror lock was disabled during 
scripts or is it vise versa?...
If the timer is used with the mirror lock on will it give the second button 
press to open the shutter after the mirror is locked?
Can you use the timer function to get around problem?
Could mirror lock be detected and a second shutter button push be made by the 
script 1 second later?

Original comment by rona...@nbnet.nb.ca on 5 May 2011 at 10:31

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Issue 86 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by eduardo....@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2011 at 9:28

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Original comment by eduardo....@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 9:53

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As explained comment 12 in issue #118, this feature fails out of reach for us; 
sorry.

Original comment by eduardo....@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2013 at 7:39

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