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D300 exposure bracketing

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Posted by jk: Mon Mar 25th, 2013 11:47

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OK whilst I was away I was having a problem (as usual) with the D300 and its behaviour.
I checked that I had the latest firmware for the camera before I went away.

I could see that the camera was doing Bracketing at +0.7, 0.0, -0.7.
Annoyingly I couldnt find out where this was set in the Menus. It seemed to be associated with the Custom A bank settings so I reset them but it seemed to return sometime later.
I even did a two green button reset.
I ended up using Custom B bank.

So two questions.
1. How do you switch the Bracketing off on the D300. It is different to the D3 which has a custom button for that.
2. Has anyone had similar problems.

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Posted by TomOC: Mon Mar 25th, 2013 13:04

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JK-

The bracket button on the top left and then the dials on the front right work on the D300s which I think is the very same.

Tom

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Posted by TomOC: Mon Mar 25th, 2013 13:05

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PS. . I often forget to turn it off and have an awful time remembering how to :-)

And wonder why I'm over exposed then underexposed etc :-)

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Posted by jk: Mon Mar 25th, 2013 17:44

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TomOC wrote:
PS. . I often forget to turn it off and have an awful time remembering how to :-)

And wonder why I'm over exposed then underexposed etc :-)

There is no BKT button on the D300 like on D3 and D300S on the D300.
That is my problem I cant see where it is in the Options Menu !
It too lte now but since I shoot RAW it is no problem to adjust but adds to the amount of pst processing I need to do for 2500 images.

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Posted by TomOC: Mon Mar 25th, 2013 18:29

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OMG...2500 images processed in an HDR app would take weeks - you are probably better off just using PS :-)

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Posted by TomOC: Mon Mar 25th, 2013 18:39

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JK-

I was wrong about the button... It is the same on 300 as 300s and 800.

In custom settings (e5), set the type of bracketing to exposure, white balance, flash or whatever combo you want....

Then press the function button on the front and use the command dial to chose the number of exposures in the bracket sequence.

I just leave mine set to do exposure brackets and then dial in 5 or 7 and dial it back to 0 when I am done.

I shouldn't have posted the answer without the camera in my hands :-)

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Posted by jk: Tue Mar 26th, 2013 01:52

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Thanks Tom.
I downloaded and reread the manual.
I had forgotten about the extra step with the function button.
:-)

All sorted now.

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Posted by Robert: Tue Mar 26th, 2013 04:13

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Too darned complicated.

Unless you use these features every day you are bound to forget the minutia. There should be better standardisation across the range of bodies and simpler controls. The emphasis of photography should be able to concentrate on the photography skills, not the minutia of the controls.

I do like the return to default user settings idea which I think came in with the D7000. Evolve your own settings to suit your needs then lock them to a default which you can return to at any time. Better than the two button reset because that doesn't reset everything I don't think and it puts the settings back to factory settings, which few users ever use as base.

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Posted by jk: Tue Mar 26th, 2013 05:04

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Robert wrote:
Too darned complicated.

Unless you use these features every day you are bound to forget the minutia. There should be better standardisation across the range of bodies and simpler controls. The emphasis of photography should be able to concentrate on the photography skills, not the minutia of the controls.

I do like the return to default user settings idea which I think came in with the D7000. Evolve your own settings to suit your needs then lock them to a default which you can return to at any time. Better than the two button reset because that doesn't reset everything I don't think and it puts the settings back to factory settings, which few users ever use as base.
I agree, especially as there is a dedicated button on the 'pro' cameras.

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