Bracketing

This mode makes a three-image bracket of a scene. Bracketing is a method of taking a series of images of a static subject in which each image has a slight variation in exposure. The bracketing mode is set in section 1 of the recording menus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive mode

 

Single

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image size

 

Self-timer

 

 

 

Quality

 

Continuous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White balance

Progressive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of frames in bracketing series

Frame counter

The remaining number of frames in the bracket series is displayed on the monitor next to the bracketing indicator. If the memory is filled or the shutter button is released before the series has completed, the camera will reset and the entire bracket must be made again. The flash cannot be used with the bracketing drive mode.

Immediately after selecting the bracketing option on the menu, a selection screen is displayed to select the bracketing increment.

Press the left/right keys of the controller to select the bracketing increment. Press the central button of the controller to set the value. To change the increment, select the bracketing drive mode again with the menu.

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Bracketing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The order of the bracket series is normal exposure, underexposure, and overexposure. The exposure bracket can be made in 0.3 or 0.5 Ev increments. The larger the number, the greater the difference in exposure between the images in the bracketed series.

Normal

Under

Over

Compose the picture as described in the basic recording

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operation section (p. 22).

 

 

Press the shutter-release button partway down (1) to lock the focus exposure for the series.

Press and hold the shutter-release button all the way down

(2) to make the bracket series; three consecutive images are

captured. Focus is locked with the first frame.

0.3 Ev

0.5 Ev

bracket

bracket

When using exposure compensation (p. 41), the bracketing series is made in relation to the compensated exposure. Under extreme conditions, one of the bracketed exposures may be inaccurate because it is outside the exposure control range of the camera.

What is an Ev?

Ev stands for exposure value. A change of one Ev adjusts the exposure calculated by the camera by a factor of two.

+2.0 Ev

4X as much light

+1.0 Ev

2X as much light

±0.0 Ev

Calculated exposure

–1.0 Ev

1/2 as much light

–2.0 Ev

1/4 as much light

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