Gormless D50 Bracketing Question

Mister_Pister · 23 Jul 2006 at 10:57

Ok I have searched the web and the manual but I still dont know..

How do I get this stupid thing to bracket?? I set the bracketing up in the menu, set it to +/- 1 Ev..."BRK" comes up on the little display ontop of the cam so silly me expects it to take 3 pictures when I press the shutter. Nope just one, with no bracketing.

What am I doing wrong?

SDK^ · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:07

You need to press the shutter button 3 times
Each time you press the shutter button the camera will adjust the exposure for the next photo.

Joe T · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:10

SDK^ said:
You need to press the shutter button 3 times
Each time you press the shutter button the camera will adjust the exposure for the next photo.

Agreed. Its kind of a pain sometimes if you lose track of where you are!

Mister_Pister · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:56

SDK^ said:
You need to press the shutter button 3 times
Each time you press the shutter button the camera will adjust the exposure for the next photo.

what a weird way of doing it no wonder I couldnt work it out! Thanks though

Irish_Tom · 23 Jul 2006 at 19:17

Any one got any tips for how much of a stop to bracket by? is 1 stop generally a good rule?

Cheers

Panzer

DRZ · 23 Jul 2006 at 19:21

Panzerbjorn said:
Any one got any tips for how much of a stop to bracket by? is 1 stop generally a good rule?

Cheers

Panzer

Surely that depends on what you are after by bracketing?

If it is for HDR you want 2 stops really, if it is just due to lack of confidence in your abilities / being sure of the shot then bracket by all means and a stop seems perfectly reasonable to me as a "general" rule but in specific circumstances you might want a different range. Shooting in Raw is adequate as a way of making sure you get the shots really, unless your shots are hugely critical?

Carrot · 23 Jul 2006 at 19:46

Mister_Pister: If the D50 is the same as the D70 then you can put it into continuous shooting mode and it'll do all three bracketed exposures if you hold the shutter down.

Mister_Pister · 23 Jul 2006 at 22:27

Carrot said:
Mister_Pister: If the D50 is the same as the D70 then you can put it into continuous shooting mode and it'll do all three bracketed exposures if you hold the shutter down.

ah that makes more sense

Irish_Tom · 26 Jul 2006 at 13:58

Thanks DZR, just wanted to clear it up because I've been trying to get HDR shots using the 1 and 1.3 stop and wondered why they didn't come out very well.

Panzer