No Night Photography Tonight

OK, so that idea will have to wait a bit. I found out that my camera can only take exposures of up to 30 seconds unless I set it to BULB and hold down the shutter button (which would not be good for minutes or hours). SO, I will need to get a shutter lock mechanism. Apparently someone put masking tape across there button and produced quite a good photo, but an easier way is to buy a shutter release remote. Then I can release the shutter, go away and come back 5 minutes later or whatever and stop the exposure. Knock offs on Trade me which are exactly the same as the Canon product seem quite cheap (unless I want the one with the built in timer which is quite expansive). So I will put that on my most wanted list.

In the meantime, here are some amazing photos using the technique I was trying to achieve tonight....
http://www.lostamerica.com/index.html

In other news of the evening, I decided to buy the 580EX II flash off Trade me (what don't I buy off Trade me? You cant get anything cheaper elsewhere-my camera was a bargain!). I was thinking about the mkI and also the 480EX II but I thought why not go for the biggest and best? So that will be arriving in a few days. All I need now is my remote, a telephoto lens as my lenses range is short and a new camera bag to fit all of this in! But I'm sure I will find plenty of other gadgets I need...