▪ Fn (FUNC.) button plus front Sub-command dial = EV
step value of bracketed exposures (1/3, 1/2, or 1 EV
step)
My Recommendation: I normally bracket with at least a 1
EV step value (1 stop) so that I can get a good spread of light
values in high dynamic range (HDR) images. In most cases, I
will do a three- to five-image bracket, with one or two images
overexposed and one or two images underexposed by 1 stop.
This type of bracketing allows me to combine detail from the
highlight and dark areas in-computer for the HDR exposures
everyone is experimenting with these days.
Figure 4-58. Nikon D300S, AF-S Nikkor 16-85mm
f/3.5-5.6G ED lens
In Figure 4-58 is a sample five-image bracket with 1.0 EV
step between each exposure. I combined the five images using
Photomatix Pro software (www.hdrsoft.com) and was
pleased
with the final result. This particular image was created with a
bracket using the same settings shown on the Control panel in
Figure 4-57, image 1.
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