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about HDR, how are you guys able to shoot more than 3 exposures without moving the camera too much?
i've tried shooting 7, auto braketing at +/- 2EV and then shifting the exposure compensation +/-1EV to get -3 all the way to +3 with 1EV increments, with some wasted pictures (same exposure). it ends up being blur because of the slight movements.
what am i doing wrong?
about HDR, how are you guys able to shoot more than 3 exposures without moving the camera too much?
i've tried shooting 7, auto braketing at +/- 2EV and then shifting the exposure compensation +/-1EV to get -3 all the way to +3 with 1EV increments, with some wasted pictures (same exposure). it ends up being blur because of the slight movements.
what am i doing wrong?
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Doob, the bottom line is that you probably just don't have a rock-steady enough tripod + head combo, on solid enough footing. Your only other option is to find some sort of remote control ap that allows you to wirelessly change the exposure... I think there are some out there, but I'm not sure which.
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i cant seem to find any android control app. anyone?
18-105 mm
85 mm 1.8
10-20 mm
35 mm 1.8
That is elegant!
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Elegant?
18-105 mm
85 mm 1.8
10-20 mm
35 mm 1.8
= a parsimonious, effective and satisfying technique!
Neil
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18-105 mm
85 mm 1.8
10-20 mm
35 mm 1.8
In-camera HDR? No, all it has is Active D-Lighting which does not affect RAW images but does give you some GREAT JPG's. Unless you view your RAW files in Nikon's View NX, that is.
However, the D300 / D300s does have up to 9 stops of bracketing, which is where the REAL HDR action is.
No camera currently on the market has in-camera HDR, at least not from Canon or Nikon; just the soon-to-come D4 and 1DX but they still just create a JPG file out of RAW files, from what I gather. Either way you're better off shooting RAW frames and then hitting up something like Photomatix...
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Just get an iPhone.
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Pardon my ignornace, but does that mean, correctly set, the camera will record 4 frames either side of your chosen exposure?
If so, can it do this shooting RAW files?
Can the exposure increments be adjusted/preset?
Yes. It will bracket 2 to 9 exposures. If you go with 9, it will be your chosen (or automatically metered) exposure then 4 on either side. You can set the order in which it shoots, too. It defaults to 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, +1, +2, +3, +4, but you can set it to shoot in different orders, too, i.e. under to overexposed.
Absolutely.
Yes again. You can set it in increments of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 1EV.
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Yep! I would whine about the increments being "only" up to 1 stop, since Canon goes up to 2 stop increments, but then again I'm much happier having the D300 / D700's 9-stop range compared to the 5D mk2's 5-stop range. (Or is ot 4 stops and 8 stops? I'm confused how to count +/-2 and +/-4,
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Much thanks, gentlemen. Meeting a wedding photog tomorrow evening to examine a D300S with 30k cycles.
It's all your fault.
I know a couple of Canon shooters (and a Nikonian or two) who overcome these liabilities using a Promote Control device which can set the brackets without having to touch the camera, even when solidly mounted on a good tripod. I don't shoot brackets much at all, but when I do I like how you can set up the bracketing, put it on Continuous shutter, and just hold down the button on the cable remote and it fires off all 9 and then stops. I think you can also program a burst so it does it all with one click, but since I don't do it much, I don't have a grasp on all the intricacies.
Good luck with that D300s, Lornce. I love my D300, it's really a nice body.
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