Nikon D300 Hands free bracketing burst for HDR tip.

[lashelsophia]

THANK YOU! Oh, how I hate slogging through that stupid manual! Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh! You're fabulous!

[TheoO18]

man lovely features.. I wish canon had that...

[JarettMuttsPhotog]

Very well explained. Thank you.

[writeDVD]

Excellent tute! I couldn't get this information more clearly out of the instruction book or other searches online. Very well done! Thank you, Sir.

[epacke]

Thanks for a great video. Didn't know my camera supported that.

[epacke]

Thanks for a great video. Didn't know my camera supported that.

[timetoparty11]

I dont get why people would want multiple shots per second, why not just leave it at one shot per interval and have 9 intervals to get 9 images? thats all you need for good HDR. Even for time lapse, why have more than one image per shot? what will it do if you have 4 images per shot every 5 seconds.so in 20 seconds you have 16 images. are those images each different if you are taking images of a moving object? i hope im not confusing u

[bastian74]

@timetoparty11 As it turns out, if you have auto-bracketing enabled while using interval shooting the camera will shoot all the brackets back-to-back. For each interval. So it's kind of a mute point because the camera will do it anyways. If the subject is far away and moving the quicker you shoot your bracket the better. The more you spread it out the more likely something in the scene will change significantly.

[timetoparty11]

@bastian74 I see. Makes sense. However, question still remains, if I am taking pictures of a flower or something close and still, why have 5 pictures per interval, why not just 1 per 1? This goes along with time lapse I guess. Do you have an email I can maybe get in contact with you ?

[bastian74]

@timetoparty11 You need multiple shots to create a HDR image (high dynamic range) where each of the group of shots is at a different exposure. If you do not have exposure bracketing turned on the interval shooting will only shoot 1 shot per interval. To take an HDR you want all 9 exposures to be the exact same alignment. That is hard to do holding the camera by hand! And Nikon does not tell you how to take 9 exposures without holding the bracketing button by hand. This is how.

[spacemagick]

Many thanks for this upload - most appreciated - it's always easier to watch how someone else does something than spend an hour ploughing through the manual :-)

[lashelsophia]

@spacemagick :)  Especially if you've left your manual on another continent! DOH!

[spacemagick]

@lashelsophia Yeah, I hate it when that happens :-o

[ZimFromIrk]

Wonderful job -- exactly the info I was looking for, explained clearly and concisely. Ignore the naysayers.

[ckeilah]

Ah! I see. You have to hold down BOTH the assigned preview button AND the shutter release. Also, if you do not set shutter to single ( I typically leave it in CL) then you will start a new 9-shot bracket immediately after the previous one is done.

I wonder if intervelometer will do that too...? That would be useful for doing animated HDR! ;-)

[ckeilah]

I can't get the d300 to rapid fire like you do with the press of the preview button. ie the last two minutes of instruction. I even set bracketing to flash only and closed the flash, as you hinted at. Any ideas what I've do e wrong?

[mgondek]

Finally a youtube video by someone who knows what they are talking about, without any long boring slow intorducitons. GREAT VIDEO with EXCELLENT READABLE SCREEN CAPTURES.

[bastian74]

If you take a bracketing photo "normally" (not using the timer as in this video) you set the camera to Single shot mode and then hold the shutter down while holding down the bracketing burst button you've programmed.

[sylviaguardiam]

in bracketing burst mode did you have to hold the did you hold the release button continuosly or did you click once and the camera did the rest?!

[LEXPIX]

Very cool. Love auto bracketing for HDR stuff. 

[TheVeetle]

to bad my D60 don't have that :(

but thanks for video :)

[arlenenorton]

Thanks so much - just set my D200 up and I am loving it !!!

[arlenenorton]

Thank you very much - just set up my D200 and finally it's easy to bracket !!!

[mianarsh]

thank you bestian. I have a D5000 and when i try to enable the option of "Interval timer shooting" it says that "this option is not available in current settings". would you have some idea what 'current settings' are restricting me from enabling this option. thankx!

[bastian74]

@mianarsh I don't have that camera, but check that you are using single shot mode, and not continious focus mode. It's possible that it doesn't allow you to do that with autobracketing.

[DaneUni]

Thanks for the info, I've always been curious about it, but never needed the mode until lately. Misplaced my manual so this is great. Thanks.

[tilakhettige]

Thank You.

[lfranga]

Thanks a lot! I found this video to be very useful. The manual is not helpful when it comes to try figuring out how to do this. Ignore the criticsm of the moron who obviously does not know how to use the pause button, you did a great job on this and I am going to have a look at your other movies. Again, thanks a lot!

[lfranga]

Thanks a lot! I found this video to be very useful. The manual is not helpful when it comes to try figuring out how to do this. Ignore the criticsm of the moron who obviously does not know how to use the pause button, you did a great job on this and I am going to have a look at your other movies. Again, thanks a lot!

[MalaikaToo]

Great tip!

Thank you.

[junkmail0005]

This guy's should do some research before posting videos. He is very misleading with lots of errors.

[bastian74]

@junkmail0005 I wasn't expecting many views when I made it, and recorded it ad-lib. I plan on paying more attention to detail in future videos. If you let me know which errors stand out I can add an anotation correction.

[katingaman]

the nikon d5000 doenst let me take the pictures by intervals with AEB on =S that sucked

[Takanawwa]

thank you for this helpful tutorial. I tried the manual earlier, and other camera guide books ( like DAVID BUSCH's ) but could not figure out exposure bracketing settings. You tutorial made it so easy to understand and implement. thank you again.

[XL2man]

People who are complaining about the tutorial being too fast - You can pause the tutorial on your computer. Why not try that?

[flippenmh]

Can you set the bracketing to take 3 pictures that are more than one stop apart, or are you limited to one stop. Meaning if you wanted more than one stop apart, you would have to take more than 3 pictures?

[bastian74]

1 stop is the max step size supported by the camera.

[Garredom]

@flippenmh In order to get more than 1 stop apart, yes you'd have to take more than 3. Take 5 at 1 stop apart and use every other photo. But I'm not too sure 3 photos at 2 stops apart each would be all that great for hdr. Kinda removes the whole purpose of hdr and the detail the combined images provide.

[dolman69]

It might be important to mention that taking of Auto ISO is a good idea for HDR

[XL2man]

Thanks a ton!! - I just bought a D700, and your tutoral was a great help. Works perfectly!!

[Eckz2k4]

You guys must not be familiar with all of the menus on your cameras then, because I understood everything he said and knew where he was within each menu (even though he was fast about getting there), just fine.

[lmtfi]

The narration and rapid menu navigation (without any cogent explanation) is so difficult to follow that this piece is nearly impossible to follow.

[irkulyen]

Hey thanks a lot! The mystery of HDR photography on the D300 has been cleared up. Keep up the good work.

[rct4905]

good info but the thing is, you go through the menus way too quickly and someone can't glance at the menu and do the same thing on their camera at the same time because the quick seconds they look away, you are already 2 menu options ahead and I missed it.

Constantly replaying it trying to find what you are doing.

[lukeschillin]

thats why you have a pause button.

[bastian74]

I did not rehearse, and I'm not an instructor, so my videos tend to run long. There is a 10 minute limit on the videos so I wanted to squeeze it in. Feel free to pause/rewind.

[HolidayNova]

awesome video .. that last part is exactly what I need.. and the other part is perfect when I use a tripod! Nice work and thanks!

[beerequalsheaven]

thank you bastian74 now perhaps i can do a good D200 Photomatrix combo for once haha have you got any vids on HDR m8? il have a look im being lazzy ;)

[almegalli]

thanks a lot pal .

[mmatamorosj]

fantastic... you are the Best!!!

[mactools80]

Hello Bastian. Many thanks for that. I have D700 and reading manual just does'nt go into enough detail explaining how to asign the Fn button.

Really helpful.

Thanks, Mactools80

[sheogad]

my interval timer shooting is grayed out, i cant select it in the shooting menu. any idea why this is?

[bluedawn45]

How can I set my bracketing on the D300 to +-2 exposure increments? It seems the largest it gets is +-1. I have +-2 on my D70. Hope you can help. Thanx

[bastian74]

+/- 1 is as large as you can go, but you can use up to 9 steps which gives you a range of -4 to +4 stops. The D70 can only give you +2 to -2 stops (3 steps)

[iflynething]

Thanks for that explination. I would have to say that isn't an optimal way is to just adjust shutter speed. This is to only make sure the DOF is not adjusted

[iflynething]

Great video and tip for doing non motion blur HDR shots. It's always hard to get it set up, wait, adjust shutter speed and do it again.

Make sure everyone knows, at the end you were saying they were at different f-stops. It's not about adjust f-stop (aperture) its about adjusting the shutter speed

[bastian74]

Actually it depends on the camera setting. Set to A it adjusts the apeture, S it adjusts the Shutter and P it actually adjusts them both

[bastian74]

HDR is not about short exposure to long exposure, it's about under-exposure to over-exposure and there's a few ways to accomplish that. ISO, Shutter, Apeture

[funniq]

Thanks ... you've helped me out a lot with this vid ....

[Lindahumphries]

Great video! I didn't have a clue on how to do HDR with my camera and now I'm popping out those HDR's like clockwork. Thanks a million!

[Kaneblind]

thanks for a great tutorial

[morgansmom03]

Can you buy a canon and demonstrate this for me :)

[ssmcintire]

I love HDR photography and am purchasing a D300 just for that purpose but when I asked the people at Ritz Camera about these settings, they were clueless. So glad I found this video how-to so I can try to figure it out on my own. Thanks!

[milapse]

its sort of funny how complected it is with the D300... It's so quick and easy on the D200! Check out my HDR timelapse using this technique... ;-) peas.

[hutdockz]

Hi, Can you combine this with camera HDR?

[bastian74]

You can overlay images, but not for the effect you want.  HDR images have to be combined post-production. Check out Photomatrix. "The trial is fully functional and never expires..."

[bastian74]

Interesting. On the other side I noticed you can also "bottom out" at 1/8000 shutter. In either of these situations it sounds like you're stuck using either the timer, or a remote relese, or a laptop with Nikon Camera Contro Pro 2.

[flerli]

Very good explaination.

I discovered two bad behaviors of the D300 related to the BKT function that occur when shooting at night with high f stops.

1. If turn on the noise reduction for long exposures it messes up the BKT series and resets it, althought it is not finished completely.

2. Exposures are not done correctly when reaching an EV that causes shutterspeed longer than 30s. Say you need 30s to produce a EV of +2 the following exposures e.g +3, +4 are also done with 30s.

[bastian74]

I have a question: What were you using to take the bracketing series? If you use long exposure noise reduction ensure that the bracketing shots allow enough time for double the maximum exposure duration.

That is, if your longest exposure in the series is 20 seconds, the camera will be tied up for an additional 20 seconds to take the dark image. So you would want to set your time lapse mode to take ONE picture every 25 seconds, for as many iterations as your bracketing mode is set to.

[flerli]

I tried both:

1. time lapse mode with plenty of images to make sure every exposure will be triggered

2. Continous H Mode with a locked remote shutter release.

Both time the bracketing series was reseted when reaching a exposure that causes "Job NR" (> 7s I guess). That makes it impossible to use the bracketing funktion together with NR for longtime exposures when shooting in the dark.

[bastian74]

That's lame. Maybe they'll fix it some time. In the mean time there is the old fashioned way: take another series of the bracketing pictures (at the same exposures) with the lens cap on and use photoshop to "subtract" the dark frames.

[devin6687]

Can the D300 not do automatic long-exposure noise-reduction?  My Canon does that automatically. It takes 2 pictures, one with the shutter open, and then another with the shutter closed. It then subtracts the noise of the second from the first, no Photoshop needed.

[bastian74]

It does it automatically, but it breaks the hands-free bracketing sequence if the noise reduction job is too long.