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Help with Nikon D300 exposure compensation
May 21, 2020 15:38:04   #
lsaguy Loc: Udall, KS, USA
 
Folks, I've read through the manual and the Magic Lantern Guide until I am blue in the face. I've done a two button reset to try and kill whatever compensation I've accidentally set. I've set the EV step to 0.
Below are four shots that were taken just holding the shutter release button and blasting off four shots.
Anyone got any idea why I'm getting this exposure variation?
Thanks

Rick


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May 21, 2020 15:42:46   #
Quixdraw Loc: x
 
Don't have that Nikon, several others. I'd bet you have Bracketing set.

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May 21, 2020 15:49:59   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
EXIF data on #2 says “Exposure bracket value +2”

Do you have Exposure bracketing turned on?

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May 21, 2020 15:53:52   #
bleirer
 
What they said.

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May 21, 2020 15:57:19   #
letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.
 
Bracketing is on.

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May 21, 2020 15:59:30   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
Bracketing gives you a different exposure with each photo of a series, while exposure compensation will keep the same exposure until you change it.

So, it's easy for those "in the know" to recognize immediately what happened here

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May 21, 2020 16:13:00   #
bleirer
 
You'd have to check your manual under exposure bracketing or auto exposure bracketing. There is probably a choice of either a bracket burst that shoots all the bracketed exposures each time you press the shutter, or regular bracketing that cycles every time you press the shutter.

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May 21, 2020 16:14:27   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Rick, I'm going with the trend. Exposure bracketing.
--Bob
lsaguy wrote:
Folks, I've read through the manual and the Magic Lantern Guide until I am blue in the face. I've done a two button reset to try and kill whatever compensation I've accidentally set. I've set the EV step to 0.
Below are four shots that were taken just holding the shutter release button and blasting off four shots.
Anyone got any idea why I'm getting this exposure variation?
Thanks

Rick

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May 21, 2020 17:40:16   #
lsaguy Loc: Udall, KS, USA
 
Yep, it was bracketing! Don't know how I got into it but with more looking in the manual I found that the BKT icon was on and the EC symbol was flashing. All I had to do was push the Fn button and rotate the command dial until the number of bracketing shots was set to "0".
Thanks everyone,

Rick

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May 21, 2020 20:30:55   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
lsaguy wrote:
Yep, it was bracketing! Don't know how I got into it but with more looking in the manual I found that the BKT icon was on and the EC symbol was flashing. All I had to do was push the Fn button and rotate the command dial until the number of bracketing shots was set to "0".
Thanks everyone,

Rick


I bet it got turned on when the function button was pushed and the dial rotated until it said something besides 0. ;). Maybe It happened inadvertently when putting the camera in a bag or something.

I really do wish I could store “snapshots” of setups. ALL setup options not just a subset. And recall them at will.

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May 22, 2020 08:25:23   #
Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana
 
lsaguy wrote:
Yep, it was bracketing! Don't know how I got into it but with more looking in the manual I found that the BKT icon was on and the EC symbol was flashing. All I had to do was push the Fn button and rotate the command dial until the number of bracketing shots was set to "0".
Thanks everyone,

Rick


Glad you solved it.

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May 23, 2020 02:11:26   #
JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles
 
Are you shooting a bracketed series?

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May 23, 2020 09:33:57   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
JeffDavidson wrote:
Are you shooting a bracketed series?


Please read OPs reply three posts above yours.

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Jun 8, 2020 08:27:39   #
Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC
 
Rick don't feel bad about this... I been there myself... on set with a model who was not happy at my mistake... It is so easy to do this error on a D7200... I was trying to change flash exposure compensation and pressed the BK button located just below it... it was a high stress scenario (had a team waiting while I was sweating this out)... Ever since then I have a checklist I go through before every shoot... It's now so ingrained that I can correct anomalies quickly without thinking... There are compelling reasons why the military teaches it's troops who to field strip their weapons in the dark... lessons learned... Thank you for sharing this frequent undesirable dilemma.

Trust that all who read this take the time to actually recreate and practice remedial measures on their piece of kit...

btw my D300 paid for itself many times over Rick (had two and used them for years on commercial assignments) tough as nails and amazingly reliable... only caveat is a single card slot... this is the reason I retired them...

All the best on your journey Rick

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