Nikon D7000 manual ADL Bracketing, White Balance Bracketing Programs

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according to the white balance settings you opted for in the camera when the photo is imported into your image editor (if you make no white balance changes during importation).

White balance bracketing produces JPEG files that vary, not by f/stops (which is the case with exposure bracketing), but by units called mireds (micro reciprocal degrees) that are used to specify color temperature. You don’t really need to understand mireds at all, other than to know that WB bracketing varies the color temperature of your images by 5, 10, or 15 mireds when you select increments of 1, 2, or 3, respectively. Changes are made only in the amber-blue range; bracketing isn’t applied to the green-magenta color bias.

As with exposure bracketing, hold down the bracket button and spin the main com- mand dial to select the WB program (off, two shots/amber bias, two shots/blue bias, three shots, amber/+blue bias, and the sub-command dial to choose the increment). The whole process can be a little non-intuitive, so Table 4.2 might be a help.

Table 4.2 White Balance Bracketing Programs

Rotate main	Rotate sub-
command dial to	command dial to	Number of		Bracket
select program	select increment	exposures saved	Bias	order
0F		WB bracketing off	N/A	N/A
b2F	1/2/3	2	Blue	None->1 increment
	(5/10/15 mireds)			blue
A2F	1/2/3	2	Amber	None->1 increment
	(5/10/15 mireds)			amber
3F	1/2/3	3	Amber	None->1 increment
	(5/10/15 mireds)		/Blue	amber->1 increment
				blue

ADL Bracketing

To initiate Active D-Lighting bracketing, select it from the CSM #e5 Auto Bracketing Set menu entry. Hold the bracketing button you’ve specified, and rotate the main com- mand dial to select the number of shots in the bracketing sequence: 0 (off), 2, or 3 shots. Here’s how it works:

■0. Active D-Lighting bracketing is disabled. Only bracketing is turned off. If you’ve turned basic Active D-Lighting on in the Shooting menu, then each shot you take will have the amount of ADL applied that you specified (Auto, Extra High, High, Normal, or Low).