Essential Night Photography Equipment.

Most landscape photographers already have the vast majority of equipment necessary to take images at night. Cameras and lenses swallow up the majority of budgets, with some of the smaller accessories often overlooked.

The principle concept of the cable release is to  release the shutter remotely that is, without actually using your finger to press the shutter. This helps to reduce camera shake in slower exposures. This, usually in conjunction with Mirror Lock Up, are tried and tested methods to ensure sharp images in landscape photography.

The MC-36 is the “timer” version of the remote release, as opposed to a more simple remote shutter, which just acts as a trigger. Of course, the MC-36 can also be used in this way, but where it really comes into its own is when used with its timer functionality.

This is an essential feature for a number of specialised camera methods like Time-Lapse Photography and creating images for Stacking Star Trails.

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