D300/s Bracketing increments?

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Hi, Calling all D300/D300s users, need some help with bracketing ...

As far as I can see the max increment that you can select for bracketing is 1ev (options 1/3ev, 1/2 or 1 ev), so if I want to have, for example, 3 x 2EV bracketed shots; i.e. -2, 0, +2, then I have to take five shots at -2, -1, 0, +1 and +2 ! Am I missing something, is there anyway I can select a 2 EV bracketing increment (on the D90 it was possible!)? And before anyone says RTFM, I already have !

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Simon.
 
i think if you take 5 frames its +1then+2 etc look at the display when you set it up it shows a pic at 1 stop then 2 stops my funtion button is set to braketting flash and when set shows the increments as full stops not sure if i,m explaining this very well but definately takes more than just 1 f stop bracket
 
just trying to help check the explanation on page 120 hth mike. :thumbs: why do people go off line after asking for help? :bang:
 
dinorock said:
just trying to help check the explanation on page 120 hth mike. :thumbs: why do people go off line after asking for help? :bang:
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Thanks for the input, I don't think I can do what I want to do, but it's no big issue, I will just have to take 5 bracketed shots to get the +/-2 EV spread (in 1EV increments). (I'm sure my old D90 let me take 3 bracketed shots at +2, 0, -2 EV.)

Anyway, why the :bang:? (that's rhetorical - just noticed your edit reason)
 
Or just shoot manual and manually change the exposure...?
 
hi simon i think you,re reading you,re display wrong take some bracketed shots and check the exif data you will be surprised :lol: :thumbs:
 
Strobe said:
Err, I have and I'm not, thanks :) Anyways, sorted now.
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If its sorted, mind telling here for others that might want to know?
 
Yeh, sorry. Flitting between PC and work!

As far as I can see, the max EV increment on the D300S (D300 may be different) is 1EV (you have the option of 1/3EV, 1/2EV and 1EV). So if you wanted to achieve 3 auto bracketed exposures at -2, 0 and +2 EV, you would need to take 5 exposures i.e. -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, you cannot take just three shots at -2, 0, +2 (not that I can work out anyway). It's just my getting my head around the greater number of bracketing options - my original D90 could do just 3 bracketed shots at up to 2 EV increments, the D300s is up to 9 bracketed exposures at 1EV increments.

http://hdr-photography.com/aeb.html for info.
 
This is the Dxxx series weakness. The Dxx series does it better in this respect. What a waste of actuations!
 
Arkady said:
Or just shoot manual and manually change the exposure...?
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Hand hold bracketting can't really be pulled off like that as the composition would change too much! I prefer to set it to 5 or 7 then shoot all the pics in 8fps in under a second!

It's cheaper and less faff than a graduated ND...
 
http://hdr-photography.com/aeb.html

Cheng said:
This is the Dxxx series weakness. The Dxx series does it better in this respect. What a waste of actuations!
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It's not a weakness, its more useful to have a fuller range available with smaller increments. Only actuation obsessed people are going to worry about it.
 
Strobe said:
Yeh, sorry. Flitting between PC and work!

As far as I can see, the max EV increment on the D300S (D300 may be different) is 1EV (you have the option of 1/3EV, 1/2EV and 1EV). So if you wanted to achieve 3 auto bracketed exposures at -2, 0 and +2 EV, you would need to take 5 exposures i.e. -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, you cannot take just three shots at -2, 0, +2 (not that I can work out anyway). It's just my getting my head around the greater number of bracketing options - my original D90 could do just 3 bracketed shots at up to 2 EV increments, the D300s is up to 9 bracketed exposures at 1EV increments.

http://hdr-photography.com/aeb.html for info.
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like i said you were reading your display wrong, in three shot brk it shows just one ev either side, but turn the dial up to five and it shows 2ev etc etc. i did say i was,nt explaining it very well , glad you,ve got it sorted. :thumbs: ps i mentioned 5 frames in post 4
 
Gordon Scott said:
http://hdr-photography.com/aeb.html



It's not a weakness, its more useful to have a fuller range available with smaller increments. Only actuation obsessed people are going to worry about it.
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I didn't saying have the full range (5/7/9) was a weakness did I? I implied (as the original poster concluded) not being able to adjust more than 1EV for each bracket was the weakness!

Apart from the actuations, as the camera takes longer to take the shots, then there's more chance for scene variation,subject movement and camera shake. For D300 (no grip) that would be a difference of 1.5 seconds, d200, 2 seconds...
 
i thought the idea of bracketing was to get a reasonably good exposure, if you,re not quite sure. so i think nikon have got it right by only letting you bracket this way. as it stops you missing all the possible correct exposures in between, just my opinion. :shrug:
 
Agreed, the +/- 1EV is fine especially for full dynamic range shots. Bracketing for fusion or HDR produces a full dynamic range over 9 brackets. Nikon got this right ;)
 
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