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Have my cake and eat it too. Sacrificing the AE-L button for BBF.
Aug 31, 2015 18:01:58 #
hawaiidave
Loc: Honolulu, HI
I sometimes shot with my Nikon D5300. Unlike cameras like the Df it only has one AE-L/AF-L button which I have programmed for BBF. How do I work around this so I can lock in exposure, like shooting in backlit situations with a person in the foreground?
Aug 31, 2015 19:04:49 #
I dont know about nikon but on canon when using bbf the shutter does the job of locking exposure..
Aug 31, 2015 19:24:19 #
hawaiidave wrote:
I sometimes shot with my Nikon D5300. Unlike cameras like the Df it only has one AE-L/AF-L button which I have programmed for BBF. How do I work around this so I can lock in exposure, like shooting in backlit situations with a person in the foreground?
Use manual mode.
Aug 31, 2015 20:37:57 #
Not sure how your D5300 works, but on my D7200, I can program a different button to lock exposure. Check your manual and you may be able to do that with your D5300.
Sep 1, 2015 07:23:54 #
Sep 1, 2015 07:56:33 #
tomglass wrote:
Not sure how your D5300 works, but on my D7200, I can program a different button to lock exposure. Check your manual and you may be able to do that with your D5300.
Right, like the Fn button, or DoF button.
Sep 1, 2015 10:54:00 #
Check your manual. In Menu > Controls you should be able to change the setting of your choice of either the Fn or Pv (Depth of Field) buttons to the AEL-Hold setting. That works on D7100 and D750 and that or something similar will likely work on your 5300.
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Sep 1, 2015 12:10:18 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
jcboy3 wrote:
Use manual mode.
This is what I used to do with my older Canon models, where you had to use the AE Lock for BBF. It's the easiest solution.
There was the option to set up AE Lock on every shot, too.... But I always felt that was a bad idea. I simply don't want AE Lock most of the time, only need it occasionally.
Sep 1, 2015 14:39:11 #
Sep 1, 2015 17:46:54 #
hawaiidave wrote:
I sometimes shot with my Nikon D5300. Unlike cameras like the Df it only has one AE-L/AF-L button which I have programmed for BBF. How do I work around this so I can lock in exposure, like shooting in backlit situations with a person in the foreground?
I just select spot metering and set the spot on the subject I want metered and hold the shutter half way down to do it. You can then recompose holding that shutter position. Oh, you need to use AF-S.
Alternatively there is a menu custom setting to undo the autofocus/exposure on shutter half-press. I don't see that helps me at all, though. It just adds another button to press sometimes confounding my fingers.
Sep 1, 2015 17:48:04 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right, like the Fn button, or DoF button.
It works better for me to use the Fn button for ISO. The D5300 doesn't have the DoF button.
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