Bracketing
May 16, 2016 10:24:49 #
Any experts on the Nikon D5300? I'm having a problem with brackerting. I go to Bracketing/Flash-OK-Auto Bracketing Set-OK-AE Bracketing-OK But the i button does not seem to do anything and I can only take one picture.I have tried it on S,A and M.
May 16, 2016 11:00:32 #
I do not have D5300 but I have found this article for you. http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-use-exposure-bracketing-on-your-nikon-d5300.html
viscountdriver wrote:
Any experts on the Nikon D5300? I'm having a problem with brackerting. I go to Bracketing/Flash-OK-Auto Bracketing Set-OK-AE Bracketing-OK But the i button does not seem to do anything and I can only take one picture.I have tried it on S,A and M.
May 16, 2016 11:16:29 #
Assuming you are setting for a 3 stop bracket (+2, 0, -2), set your camera to high speed burst mode and take 3 shots in quick succession to get the bracketed shots for HDR merging later.
May 17, 2016 04:32:40 #
Thanks for that.In fact I found the article and followed it but it does not work.Thanks anyway.
May 17, 2016 06:27:25 #
I do not have the D5300 but it should have continuous shots. Set it up from single shot to continuous and then you will have your 3 shots (or 5 or whatever bracketing you set)
May 17, 2016 08:06:37 #
I had a similar problem with my D5000. The answer was not obvious, having shot brackets with other cameras that gave three exposures for one shutter release. The solution is to release the shutter 3 separate times; in the D5000 that gives you 0, -2EV and +2EV (bracket values setup separately) exposures. I got a cable release that made it much easier than pressing the shutter release button 3 times. And of course, ALWAYS on a tripod.
Hope that helps.
Best Regards,
BT
Hope that helps.
Best Regards,
BT
May 17, 2016 08:20:13 #
depending on your subject and what mode you shoot in, you can often times just use one of your dials for exposure compensation to control it. That's usually what I do, unless I feel like diving through menus. My issue comes when I forget to turn it off after I'm done with an HDR, which is why I prefer to do it manually. THis is how I shot this photo...manual exposure comp shooting in aperture mode with my iso set to 200.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-383286-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-383286-1.html
May 17, 2016 08:35:17 #
May 17, 2016 08:52:36 #
BarbK wrote:
You might not be able to bracket if you are shooting RAW.
Well, that would defeat the purpose of bracketing. Sure there are some cameras that auto-combine shots to do an in-camera HDR, that produces a JPG file, but you should still be able to bracket in RAW. exposure bracketing is the same thing as shooting in aperture mode with a fixed iso and adjusting the exposure comp dial to +/- whatever exposure you want....except that it does it automatically for you.
May 17, 2016 08:59:33 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Any experts on the Nikon D5300? I'm having a problem with brackerting. I go to Bracketing/Flash-OK-Auto Bracketing Set-OK-AE Bracketing-OK But the i button does not seem to do anything and I can only take one picture.I have tried it on S,A and M.
RTFM pp. 108-109.
You need to set release mode to continuous for it to take a burst.
May 17, 2016 10:39:30 #
billt1970 wrote:
I had a similar problem with my D5000. The answer was not obvious, having shot brackets with other cameras that gave three exposures for one shutter release. The solution is to release the shutter 3 separate times; in the D5000 that gives you 0, -2EV and +2EV (bracket values setup separately) exposures. I got a cable release that made it much easier than pressing the shutter release button 3 times. And of course, ALWAYS on a tripod.
Hope that helps.
Best Regards,
BT
Hope that helps.
Best Regards,
BT
That a crazy way! You might as well just click, change the setting, click again, change, and click again.
If you set up bracketing the other way, it be easy to screw up by not clearing the settings. The next day you might get a bracket for something you never wanted. IMHO
May 17, 2016 11:04:56 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Any experts on the Nikon D5300? I'm having a problem with brackerting. I go to Bracketing/Flash-OK-Auto Bracketing Set-OK-AE Bracketing-OK But the i button does not seem to do anything and I can only take one picture.I have tried it on S,A and M.
Some questions:
1) When you say that you press the 'i' button and it does not do anything - are you saying that nothing is highlighted on the rear display or that just 'bkt' is not highlighted. You may have to use the up-down-left-right control to scroll to the bkt option. *NOTE* the 'bkt' function is not an option if the camera is in full auto mode, but as you said you have tried this in S, A & M modes that should not be the issue.
2) What the article does not point out until step 8 (and then poorly) - If you are not using a continuous mode, you will have to press the shutter release 3 times in order to take all 3 bracketed shots.
3) If you are using continuous (burst) shooting - you have to press AND HOLD the shutter release button for all three shots. Not sure if the 5300 has this, but the D5200 has both a continuous low and continuous high mode. The 'low' mode does a burst of 3 shots and the high mode does a burst of 5 or 7 (I forget which). If you have it, the low mode is ideal for bracketing as you only get 3 exposures per bracket anyway.
May 17, 2016 11:32:36 #
GENorkus wrote:
That a crazy way! You might as well just click, change the setting, click again, change, and click again.
If you set up bracketing the other way, it be easy to screw up by not clearing the settings. The next day you might get a bracket for something you never wanted. IMHO
If you set up bracketing the other way, it be easy to screw up by not clearing the settings. The next day you might get a bracket for something you never wanted. IMHO
Don't disagree, but with the D5000 that was the only way to (semi-)automatically shoot HDR. It worked fine on my last job. Then when I wanted to shoot regular shots, I simply reset the BKT to OFF and it's back to normal. Took 3 seconds just now. Next time I need HDR I press the Fn button (set to BKT) and spin the dial to 2EV in another 3 seconds. Then click, click, click; move to the next HDR shot, etc.
I'd like a better Nikon body that shoots all 3 continously, but that will have to wait.
Best Regards,
BT
May 17, 2016 11:37:06 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
Well, that would defeat the purpose of bracketing. Sure there are some cameras that auto-combine shots to do an in-camera HDR, that produces a JPG file, but you should still be able to bracket in RAW. exposure bracketing is the same thing as shooting in aperture mode with a fixed iso and adjusting the exposure comp dial to +/- whatever exposure you want....except that it does it automatically for you.
May 18, 2016 04:34:47 #
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