Nikon D300 Hands free bracketing burst for HDR tip.

Please Read: The D300 allows Auto-bracketing up to 9 stops with 9 shots. That's -4 to +4 stops and at +4 shutter speeds can get low and motion blur becomes a problem. This will allow you to program the camera to take all 9 shots at varying exposures automatically.

Also, apparently you don't need to set the number of frames per interval to 9. It can be set to 1 x 1 = 1 and it will force the camera to take the number of shots configured in auto-bracketing back-to-back. I don't know why it works that way.

So if you have bracketing set to 9F and interval timer set to 2 x 1 = 1 it will actually take 18 pictures. (9 at each interval)

Another correction on the video: When I have the Interval set for 1 second, and the display reads 5 x 1 = 5 I say that is 5 frames every 5 seconds for a total of 25 seconds. That is wrong, it is one frame every second for 5 frames for a total of 5 seconds.

And one last note about auto-bracketing: The feature has a ceiling of 30 seconds to 1/8000 seconds. Any auto-bracketing exposures beyond that will be exposed at 30s or 1/8000s. You must either change your ISO, apeture or use manual/bulb mode beyond those limits.

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• HDR
• Nikon
• D300
• Bracketing

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[spacemagick]

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

[lashelsophia]

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

[lashelsophia]

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

[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]

@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 ?