Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2013 October 20

= October 20 =

Bulb (photography)
Hello. Is it possible to hook up a shutter bulb to my digital camera (specifically the Canon PowerShot A490)? I need the convenience of squeezing the bulb. I don't want to set my camera on a timer nor do I want to operate the shutter by pressing buttons on my camera. Thanks in advance. --Mayfare (talk) 00:39, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * A cable release is what you're looking for. Check with your local camera shop. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:01, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * If you could arrange for your digital camera to make a continuous exposure and place it in a light-tight box, you could obtain an air operated shutter from the late 19th century and operate it via a squeezed bulb and a long thin rubber hose. They were common as dirt through the early 20th century and might be available at Ebay. I have one somewhere in my attic. Edison (talk) 05:39, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Don't think a cable release will work on these new finagled cheap digital things, as there is no were to screw it into. The spec for this P&S camera does not have any 'official' remote camera shutter facility. Therefore, if was me, I would simply instal  chdk (which is free as in beer) and use the USB shutter release mode (which exists but not advertised).   Note: Even within that model the software may differ from one marketing sales region to another,  so one must see if  chdk instals before cutting up  USB  cables and making a mess on your mom's kitchen table. Hope that helps.  P.S.  Chdk can turn a cheap P&S digital into an awesome phototronic  device.--Aspro (talk) 20:52, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Do I try to download: 1.00D, 1.00E, 1.00F and see what works? Is there a way to know which works before downloading? --Mayfare (talk) 16:57, 23 October 2013 (UTC)


 * May I suggest that you post this on Reference desk/Computing I say this because the  cameras I've used have enough facilities, that I only need post-editing to fill in the gaps so therefore I haven’t gotten round to using CHDK on my own cameras... yet, I'm supper impressed with what I have seen other do with chdk.. Those editors on computing ref desk may however have personnel experience of  CHDK and can save you  a lot of  hassle. You can instal chdk  on your removable SD card  and so avoid buggering up you cameras firmware. Since you asked what to do, I presume that this is completely new to you.  So, don't try and reinvent the wheel go to the  Reference desk/Computing  and ask those that have been there – done it  and have got the tee shirt. --Aspro (talk) 20:33, 23 October 2013 (UTC)


 * This gives you an intro: [Prepare your SD card]--Aspro (talk) 20:57, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Various Dutch cans
A user on Commons has uploaded several photographs of some cans that were located at a museum in the Netherlands. The user does not have information on their origin. Does anyone know what era they are from? Magog the Ogre (t • c) 17:23, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * [//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles&offset=20131020153159&limit=8&user=Alfvanbeem Uploads]
 * Interesting challenge! Been digging through Dutch language sources, and using the company name, I found some archive material that seems to be an inventory of the company archive, and is dated 1898-1958 (see here). So that's possibly a limitation right there. Will see if I can find any better sources. Fgf10 (talk) 21:54, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * CSM N.V. bought the company in 1937, sold it in 1958. No indication that they changed the products or labeling, so that won't help much; there is a book about the history of Taminiau Elst Overbetuwe and seven similar companies in De Betuwe, but I doubt an online version is available. Ssscienccce (talk) 11:59, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Question about the country Brunei?
Is English "recognised" on Section 2 of an Article in this Constitution of Brunei?

Article 82. Official language

Section 1. The official language of Brunei Darussalam shall be the Malay language.

Section 2. An official version in the English language shall be provided of anything which, by this Constitution or by any written law or by the Standing Orders, is required to be printed or in writing, and such version shall, in addition to the official Malay version, be accepted as an authentic text.

Thanks for any answer. 41.130.115.75 (talk) 17:47, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * This is the third (3rd) time we've had this exact question in the past three months. See:
 * Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 29 and
 * Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 September 19
 * for previous discussions. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  18:52, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, don't mention it. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  19:07, 22 October 2013 (UTC)