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03/27/2005 11:11:29 PM · #1 |
Do you bracket in camera? Or when processing the raw file? What are the benefits of either method?
Edited to add: And have you ever bracketed for white balance? Why would one do this?
Message edited by author 2005-03-27 23:12:28.
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03/27/2005 11:16:55 PM · #2 |
When I bracket, nearly always in camera. Double-processing the RAW file at different exposures can be OK if you're decreasing exposure on one (bringing in highlights that otherwise would be blown) but if you're increasing exposure on one, then all you're doing is increasing noise. Much better to shoot two exposures to start with.
Bracketing WB in camera for RAW is not necessary. WB setting does not affect the RAW file, only the way it is processed.
Message edited by author 2005-03-27 23:28:02.
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03/27/2005 11:22:11 PM · #3 |
I don't know why you'd bracket for white balance unless you are shooing JPEG rather than RAW. In that case, it might make sense to cover yourself against the possibility that you've set it wrong or the auto-white balance didn't work.
Better just to shoot RAW. |
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03/27/2005 11:26:10 PM · #4 |
Bracket in camera. You can recover more data from RAW than from JPEG but it won't fix everything. Memory is cheap. Take multiple exposures.
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03/27/2005 11:27:26 PM · #5 |
I'm about to start bracketing in camera, but not for exposure. I run into a reacurring problem with DOF while doing portrait work. I usually want to shoot at the widest possible f/stop while still keeping both eyes in sharp focus. Sometimes a subject will be slightly turned to the side and I fail to notice how much. The result is one eye slightly out of focus. If I set up aperture bracketing on my camera hopefully I will encounter this problem less often.
Message edited by author 2005-03-27 23:27:47.
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03/27/2005 11:29:09 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
I'm about to start bracketing in camera, but not for exposure. I run into a reacurring problem with DOF while doing portrait work. I usually want to shoot at the widest possible f/stop while still keeping both eyes in sharp focus. Sometimes a subject will be slightly turned to the side and I fail to notice how much. The result is one eye slightly out of focus. If I set up aperture bracketing on my camera hopefully I will encounter this problem less often. |
I need to start doing this as well, since I do a lot of candids that can't be reshot.
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03/28/2005 07:12:18 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
When I bracket, nearly always in camera. Double-processing the RAW file at different exposures can be OK if you're decreasing exposure on one (bringing in highlights that otherwise would be blown) but if you're increasing exposure on one, then all you're doing is increasing noise. Much better to shoot two exposures to start with.
Bracketing WB in camera for RAW is not necessary. WB setting does not affect the RAW file, only the way it is processed. |
Unfortunately, the bracketing function shoots three exposures. :(
My 1 GB CF card doesn't go very far like that! |
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03/28/2005 08:05:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by nsbca7:
I'm about to start bracketing in camera, but not for exposure. I run into a reacurring problem with DOF while doing portrait work. I usually want to shoot at the widest possible f/stop while still keeping both eyes in sharp focus. Sometimes a subject will be slightly turned to the side and I fail to notice how much. The result is one eye slightly out of focus. If I set up aperture bracketing on my camera hopefully I will encounter this problem less often. |
I need to start doing this as well, since I do a lot of candids that can't be reshot. |
I checked it out and I can't do that with the camera I'm shooting with in the mode I shoot in. Aperture bracketing doesn't function in av mode. It makes sense, but it doesn't help me any.
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03/28/2005 08:09:47 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by nsbca7:
I'm about to start bracketing in camera, but not for exposure. I run into a reacurring problem with DOF while doing portrait work. I usually want to shoot at the widest possible f/stop while still keeping both eyes in sharp focus. Sometimes a subject will be slightly turned to the side and I fail to notice how much. The result is one eye slightly out of focus. If I set up aperture bracketing on my camera hopefully I will encounter this problem less often. |
I need to start doing this as well, since I do a lot of candids that can't be reshot. |
I checked it out and I can't do that with the camera I'm shooting with in the mode I shoot in. Aperture bracketing doesn't function in av mode. It makes sense, but it doesn't help me any. |
Oddly, I was just thinking about that on the way home, and hoping it wasn't the case. Bugger. I almost always shoot Av. I guess it makes sense, but then again no... you'd think it should let us set a "preferred aperture and bracket on either side of it. Gonna have to scour the manual a bit...
Aha! The 10D will bracket using aperture changes when set to Tv mode. OK, I can live with that.
Message edited by author 2005-03-28 20:14:23.
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03/28/2005 08:27:22 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by nsbca7:
I'm about to start bracketing in camera, but not for exposure. I run into a reacurring problem with DOF while doing portrait work. I usually want to shoot at the widest possible f/stop while still keeping both eyes in sharp focus. Sometimes a subject will be slightly turned to the side and I fail to notice how much. The result is one eye slightly out of focus. If I set up aperture bracketing on my camera hopefully I will encounter this problem less often. |
I need to start doing this as well, since I do a lot of candids that can't be reshot. |
I checked it out and I can't do that with the camera I'm shooting with in the mode I shoot in. Aperture bracketing doesn't function in av mode. It makes sense, but it doesn't help me any. |
Oddly, I was just thinking about that on the way home, and hoping it wasn't the case. Bugger. I almost always shoot Av. I guess it makes sense, but then again no... you'd think it should let us set a "preferred aperture and bracket on either side of it. Gonna have to scour the manual a bit... |
I think I will just start making a mental note of doing on my own. I do sometimes bracket the f/stops manually but not often enough. I lose shots by not doing so. I can do a straight on head shot at around f/2, but if there is even the slightest cant to the head at that f/stop the shot ends up in the waste basket. If I were to shoot f/2, f/2.8, f/3.5 I would do much better to ensure the eyes were in sharp focus in most all of my shots.
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03/28/2005 08:34:36 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Aha! The 10D will bracket using aperture changes when set to Tv mode. OK, I can live with that. |
I'd have to learn to shoot all over again to be able to shoot in tv. I learned photography with a K-1000 and a Spotmatic. It becomes second nature with those cameras even though they are full manual to set the aperture where you want it and ajust the shutter speed to the proper exposure. That translates to shooting aperture priority on a advanced function camera. As my concern in portraiture leans much further toward desired aperture settings than shutter speeds I will stay with shooting in av mode and bracket manually.
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