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0.7ev3. This setting lets your
take three photos continuously
with the exposure shifted by
.07 of a stop. The order of the
images is correct exposure,
underexposed by 0.7 of a stop,
and overexposed by 0.7 of a
stop.
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0.7ev5. This setting lets you
take five photos continuously
with the exposure shifted by
.07 of a stop. The order of the
images is correct exposure,
underexposed by .07 of a
stop, overexposed by 0.7 of
a stop, underexposed by 1.4
stops, and overexposed by
1.4 stops.
✦
Single Frame bracketing. Single
Frame bracketing is the same as
Continuous Frame bracketing
except that the Shutter button
must be pressed for each photo.
✦
White balance bracketing. White
balance bracketing takes three
photos every time the Shutter but-
ton is pressed. The three images
are identical except that the first
photo has the set white balance,
the second has less red and is
paler, and the third has more red.
The amount of change between
the three can be set in the Drive
menu using the Lo3 and Hi3
choices. The Hi3 adds and sub-
tracts greater amounts of red
than the Lo3 setting does.
✦
DRO bracketing. Each time the
Shutter button is released, the
A700 takes three different photos,
each with separate optimization
of colors. The three images are
recorded in the following order:
low, mid, high. The D-Range
Optimization (DRO) bracketing
Drive mode has two choices. The
Lo3 choice lowers the DRO brack-
eting when taking the photo, and
the Hi3 choice amplifies the DRO
bracketing. These settings can be
applied in the Drive mode menu.
DRO is covered later in this chapter.
✦
Remote Control. In this mode,
the A700 is triggered either by the
Shutter button or the 2-second but-
ton on the Remote Commander.
The 2-second button on the remote
locks the mirror up before the photo
is taken, minimizing camera shake
as much as possible.
Creative Styles
There are 14 different Creative Styles (previ-
ously called Color modes) preprogrammed
into the A700, but the Creative Styles menu
that opens when the Custom button is
pressed only has places for 7 of the 14
styles. The first four menu choices are
unswitchable, meaning they cannot be
changed. The styles are
✦
Standard. Captures a wide variety
of scenes with rich colors.
✦
Vivid. Useful for capturing scenes
with bright colors; the saturation
and contrast are both increased.
✦
Neutral. Both sharpness and satu-
ration are decreased in this color
space. This is recommended for
images that will be adjusted on a
computer.
✦
AdobeRGB. Captures images using
the AdobeRGB color space. This is
the most well-known color space
for professional photographers.
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