Comments on: Automatic Exposure Bracketing (AEB)

By: Haley

Haley — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:12:56 +0000

wow im doing a projects for digital photography and im haven big trouble understanding are camras but this is kinda helping summing up some the options i have when taking photos

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:20:20 +0000

Thanks for the reply, Joe. Every time I ask a question here I get a great, worthwhile answer. :)

By: Joe Marfice

Joe Marfice — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:00:55 +0000

Shannon: If there are strong backlights (church windows by day, or LOTS of candles in a candelabra, for instance), I use AEB. Otherwise, for a wedding, the subjects aren’t moving around much, and it’s pretty easy to set a comfortable exposure, complete with test shots. With the windows, strong fill-flash might be the best bet (more disruptive, but it’s either that or no shots that work!), in which case neither AEB nor continuous shooting is possible (the flash takes too long to recharge).

Now, at the reception, subjects are more on-the-go, but again, the light levels aren’t all over the place (at least, for indoor receptions away from big windows). Therefore, I’d definitely want to shoot continuous mode, so I can snag that perfect look on the 4-yo boy’s face, and throw away the two with his eyes half-closed.

RAW can give you extra exposure levels, as noted above, but at the cost of fine-tuning in Photoshop (which takes a lot longer than just picking the best of 3 shots).

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:45:55 +0000

Would it be safe/wise to use AEB during the whole of a wedding? Or are there times during a wedding that continuous mode might be more important? And does shooting RAW negate the need for AEB anyway?

By: bethard728

bethard728 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:18:56 +0000

Can you do this with a Nikon D60? After playing with my camera and reviewing the manual I don’t see a way to just hold the shutter button and get 3 different shots. The only way I can see to do it is to adjust the exposure compensation myself, take a pic, adjust it again, take another, etc. I googled and the info I found basically says, yes, I cannot just hold the shutter down and get 3 differently exposed shots. Is that right or do I just not know how to do it?

By: Verneitta

Verneitta — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:17:45 +0000

This is really great! I’m a beginner trying to learn about photogrphy and my camera at the same time. I have a Canon Rebel xsi, and I was really confused.
Now, after reading all of this, it is finally beginning to make some sense, and I’ll be better able to set my camera.
I’m not ready for manual quite yet, and I want to get away from fully automatic. This is so-o-o-o-o cool.
I looked a lot of places for some information, the manual that came with the camera is good but, I just did not understand what some of those things were, you did a really great job of “breaking it down”, so that even a beginner could understand it.

thanks

By: Gbenga Loveeyes Images

Gbenga Loveeyes Images — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:20:10 +0000

Thnks for the tip. Just tried and it worked. What a photo experince.

By: TSPhoenix

TSPhoenix — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:19:04 +0000

@Arun
Not really, with AEB your settings self adjust instantly and in burst shooting you get all three shots right away. While with digital we can instantly review shots, we still don’t have some kind of magic that makes subjects stay still for 10 seconds to let us fiddle with dials.

By: wied

wied — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:49:18 +0000

of course .. you can read more here : http://www.easyhdr.com/

By: Reina Ramones

Reina Ramones — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:58:24 +0000

how are you gonna put the 3 pictures together? i think that’s what most people who are doing the AEB do.how do they combine the shots to give one perfect photo? do i need software for editing to do that? thank you very much!