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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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Auto Bracketing
Auto bracketing is used to vary exposure by a selected amount over a series of
pictures, “bracketing” the exposure value selected by the camera or with exposure
compensation. Use in situations in which it is difficult to guess the correct exposure
(
40).
At settings other than
Off
, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the
monitor (
8).
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Notes on Auto Bracketing
• Auto bracketing
is not available when the mode dial is set to
D
.
•
When exposure compensation is applied (
40), and
±0.3
,
±0.7
, or
±1.0
is selected for
Auto
bracketing
, the combined exposure compensation values will be applied.
•
Shutter speed will be restricted to a maximum of 1/2 s when any mode other than
Off
is selected
for
Auto bracketing
.
• Auto bracketing
cannot be used when
Image quality
(
124) is set to
NRW (RAW)
,
NRW
(RAW) + Fine
,
NRW (RAW) + Normal
or
NRW (RAW) + Basic
.
X
±0.3
Camera varies exposure by 0 EV, +0.3 EV, and -0.3 EV over next three shots. Keep
shutter-release button pressed to take all three shots in sequence.
Y
±0.7
Camera varies exposure by 0 EV, +0.7 EV, and -0.7 EV over next three shots. Keep
shutter-release button pressed to take all three shots in sequence.
Z
±1.0
Camera varies exposure by 0 EV, +1.0 EV, and -1.0 EV over next three shots. Keep
shutter-release button pressed to take all three shots in sequence.
k
Off (default setting)
Bracketing is not performed.