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Bracketing
Bracketing
Automatically vary settings over a series of pictures.
1
Press the command dial up (
DRIVE
) to display drive options and rotate the dial or
press it up or down to highlight one of the following:
Option
Option
Description
Description
AE BKT
AE BKT
Press the command dial left or right to highlight a bracketing amount. Each time the
shutter button is pressed, the camera will take three shots at up to about 5 fps: one us-
ing the metered value for exposure, the second overexposed by the selected amount,
and the third underexposed by the same amount (regardless of the amount selected,
exposure will not exceed the limits of the exposure metering system).
ISO BKT
ISO BKT
Press the command dial left or right to highlight a bracketing amount. Each time the
shutter is released, the camera will take a picture at the current sensitivity (
P
51) and
process it to create two additional copies, one with sensitivity raised and the other with
sensitivity lowered by the selected amount (regardless of the amount selected, sensitiv-
ity will not exceed ISO 6400 or fall below ISO 200).
FILM
FILM
SIMULATION
SIMULATION
BKT
BKT
Each time the shutter is released, the camera takes one shot and processes it to create
three copies with diff erent fi lm simulation settings (
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54):
c
PROVIA/STANDARD
for
the fi rst,
d
Velvia/VIVID
for the second, and
e
ASTIA/SOFT
for the third.
DYNAMIC
DYNAMIC
RANGE BKT
RANGE BKT
Each time the shutter button is pressed, the camera takes three shots with diff erent
dynamic ranges (
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70): 100% for the fi rst, 200% for the second, and 400% for the third.
The shots are taken at rates of up to about 5 fps. While dynamic range bracketing is in
eff ect, sensitivity will be restricted to a minimum of ISO 800; the sensitivity previously in
eff ect is restored when bracketing ends.
AE BKT
±
1
±
2
/
3
±
1
/
3
Press
MENU/OK
to select the highlighted option.
2
Take photographs.
