Auto Bracketing

Press MENU button in (auto shooting) mode to select Auto bracketing ( 74), and then press .

In some situations, you may find it difficult to select appropriate exposure compensation and white bal-

ance settings, and yet not have time to check the results and adjust settings after each shot. Auto

bracketing can be used to vary these settings auto-

matically over a series of pictures, “bracketing” a selected exposure compen- sation or white balance setting.

Select from the following three options and press .

The Shooting Menu

Option

Description

Off

Restores normal exposure and white balance.

(default setting)

Each time the shutter-release button is fully pressed, the camera takes three shots, one shot

Auto bracketing with the current exposure, and two shots varying the exposure by values of +0.5 and -0.5 compen- sation.

 

The camera takes three shots each time shutter-

 

release button is fully pressed, bracketing current

WB bracketing

white balance setting to produce one picture with

 

normal white balance, one picture with bluish cast,

 

and one picture with reddish cast. Recording time

 

roughly triples.

 

 

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COOLPIX 5200, 13311 specifications

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