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Ref
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enc
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—Exposur
e
Exposure and Flash Bracketing
In exposure brack et ing, the camera varies exposure compensation with each
shot, while in the case of fl ash brack et ing, fl ash level is varied with each shot (i-
TTL and, with the optional SB-800 Speedlight, auto aperture fl ash control modes
only). Only one pho to graph is pro duced each time the shut ter is released, mean-
ing that sev er al shots (up to nine) are re quired to com plete the brack et ing se-
quence. Ex po sure and fl ash brack et ing are rec om mend ed in situations in which
it is diffi
cult to set ex po sure and there is not enough time to check re sults and
adjust settings with each shot.
1
Se lect the type of brack et ing to be per formed
us ing Cus tom Set ting e5 (
Auto BKT Set
;
166). Choose
AE & Flash
to vary both ex po sure
and fl ash level (the de fault setting),
AE Only
to
vary only exposure, or
Flash Only
to vary only
fl ash level.
2
Press ing the
button, rotate the main com-
mand dial to choose the number of shots in the
bracketing sequence (
198 – 199). At settings
other than zero, a
BKT
icon and bracketing indi-
cator will be dis played in the con trol pan el and
the
icon will blink in the control panel and
viewfi nder.
3
Press ing the
button, rotate the sub-com-
mand dial to choose the exposure increment
(
198 – 199).
Bracketing Programs
See the Appendix for a list of exposure and fl ash bracketing programs.
e8—Auto BKT Selection (
167)
If desired, the main command dial can be used to turn bracketing on and off and the sub-
command dial to select both the number of shots and the exposure increment.
