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Richard Naismith

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I'm new to Hasselblad, and have recently acquired a H4D-31, which is working wonderfully. I do a lot landscape work, using a tripod, and have programmed things so that when I press the AE-L button and then press the shutter release button the mirror goes up and then there is a 5 second delay before the capture actually occurs.

I''m now playing around with profiles, and my question is, can one include this setting in a profile?

Thanks in advance.

Richard Naismith
 
You can create a number of profiles. If you press and hold the power button you get a list of stored profiles. You can add yours here. You should download the manual from the Hasselblad site.
 
Jeffg53 said:
You can create a number of profiles. If you press and hold the power button you get a list of stored profiles. You can add yours here. You should download the manual from the Hasselblad site.
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Thank you Jeffg53. Perhaps I haven't made myself clear enough. Actually I have read the whole manual (!!) but this point seems not to be addressed directly. I want to include in a profile that when the shutter release button is pressed the mirror goes up and then there is a 5 second delay before the capture actually occurs.

If it's not possible it's not such a huge problem, but if it were possible to include this mirror up and then 5 second delay before capture takes place it would be nice.

Thanks again.

Richard Naismith
 
Hi Richard,

The Self Timer is not part of any profile (unfortunately). What I did was program the Mirror Up button to turn on the Self Timer.

For the Self Timer, I programmed it so that when I hit the shutter release button, the mirror goes up for 3 seconds, then the exposure is made, then the mirror comes back down. This is set through the Self Timer option on the grip.

More about profiles:

http://www.hasselbladbulletin.com/uk/aug-2011/tips-tricks/h-system-profiles.aspx

Kind regards,
Derek Jecxz
www.jecxz.com
 
My apologies, Richard. I'm so used to people not bothering to read manuals that I bundled you in with them. I do it all manually. I suppose that comes from years of seascape photography where I wait for the right moment of waves etc, before pressing the release.
 
Thank you both. I see there is a function in the forum for giving a type of official thank you, but unfortunately I don't know how to do that, otherwise I would officially thank you both.

All the best.

Richard Naismith
 
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