Exposure bracketting in Nikon D60

[raghunath]

Since the Nikon D60 does not have Canon's automatic exposure bracketting capability, what is the best approach for a set of photographs for merging to get High dynamic range?

I understand that one should:

1. Use a tripod
2. Select Shutter Priority to vary only the Shutter speed
3. Lock the mirror
4. Use a remote shutter release if possible

Can one use the exposure compensation to get +/- 2.0 Ev on each side of the normal exposure, keeping all other settings the same?

Will appreciate advice

[Chelseablue]

Hello again,

I don't know anything about the D60 but I will see a friend 2morrow who has one and will have a good look at the bracketing options, as well as your lens probs, in the meantime I would defer to the tutorials on this site as they answer most technique questions. As to HDR you've answered your own questions (apart from BRKTG) but what sort of images are you trying to take? I ask as you may need to take more into consideration such as metering.

Mark

[raghunath]

Thanks Mark!
I look forward to your inputs. I am currently interested in scenes in high contrast such as sunsets with relatively dark foregrounds against a much brighter sky.
Will Jepg fine be adequate or is it better to shoot in RAW?

Jayant

[Chatanooga]

I have been using a camera without bracketing option for HDR's.

I use a tripod and manually change the shutter speed myself rather than using exposure correction. Just remember if you are in shutter priority mode and manually adjust the shutter speed the camera will adjust the aperture to compensate and try to correctly expose the image. What you want to do is have the aperture fixed and vary the shutter speed to give the over/under exposed images, so I use manual mode for this. (When I started a few weeks ago on HDR's, I wasted a few shots by not realising this)

You may be able to use the exposure correction to get the same results in shutter priority mode, I'm not sure as I didnt try this on my camera.


Hope that helps.

[Chelseablue]

Hey mate,

Chatanooga's got it covered, but you don't mention the software you're using, as to using RAW I personally would recomend it, but again it depends on the software. I use Capture NX very rarely as it's only plus point (for me anyway) is the control point feature, so I stick to photoshop CS3.

Mark

[rc53]

As with panoramas, use manual settings. Only change the shutter speed, keep ISO and white balance on manual.

[raghunath]

Thank you all for your tips on exposure braketting.
I use Adobe's Camera RAW 4.5 and post process
on Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended for RAW images.
Probably it is best to stick with RAW for HDR shots as well.

Jayant