| I had developed a strategy to take night scenes. Using 100 ISO negative film like Ektar or Fujicolor, I took 3 different exposures at 15 seconds, 30 seconds and 60 seconds @ f/8. I usually could pull a perfectly exposed picture among these. I set up my Pentax 67 II on a heavy Manfrotto 028 tripod, composed my picture and locked all adjustments. I kept the tripod as low as possible to avoid wind shake. I used a locking cable release to trigger the shutter on the B setting. I always carried a black 9" X 12" piece of plastified matte cardboard. I opened the shutter with the lens cap still in place and put the black cardboard in front of the lens. I waited a few seconds to make sure all vibrations had died down then removed the lens cap and slid the black cardboard down. I counted in my head 1 - 2 - 3 ...up to 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Then I put the piece of cardboard in front of the lens, thus ending the exposure. I put the lens cap back on and closed the shutter. This way I was certain to obtain perfectly still pictures.
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Originally posted by MikeNArk 
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