f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Asking for a friend here (no, really!)

So he has an EOS R50 and I am trying to explain to him the concept of exposure bracketing and the subsequent use of HDR software - seemingly simple enough, right?

However, when we set the camera to AEB (and set it to take the 2nd and 3rd shots 1 stop over and under) what the camera does when you press the shutter release is take three shots, think a minute, and generate a finished bracketed image...which is a JPEG and it did not actually save the CR3 raw files.

My question is - can the camera be set to take the three shots and just save the raw files so they can be played with in post?

TIA for any helpful answers...

Orphoto Loc: Oregon

What you have described is simple bracketing. I am not a Canon owner but have little doubt that body can do it. Set it for -1, nominal & +1. Let it take the shots. Then assemble it later.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Consult the EOS R50 Advanced Users Guide for the HDR processing topic. Unlike other EOS-R models, the R50 does not have a menu setting in the camera to save only the processed HDR result or also the source RAW images. The AEB shooting supports capturing in RAW, but not also the in-camera HDR processing. Seems with this model you need to decide which is the preferred approach.

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Thanks for playing, but you evidently did not understand the question. Not a problem, though, as CHG_Canon gives me what I was seeking...

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

There is a save the raw files. The output jpg file that is tolerable but better to play with the raw files.

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Thanks - yes. But it seems this model does not allow the saving of the raw files along with the JPEG - and the double-secret-probation menu on which to choose which was you want the camera to work is the thing to find (at least according to what CHG_CANON wrote, for which I thank him)