If you read my prior post on this subject and look at the histograms of
the actual images you will see that the tonal range is less than that
which can be captured in a single JPEG. No HDR merging required.
IMHO, bracketing for exposure is an old, film based paradigm which is no
longer necessary. You now have in all of your cameras the finest light
meter ever invented... the histogram. Rather than taking 3 or more
bracketed images of unknown accuracy why not take one test image (in
manual mode), evaluate the exposure, make corrections if needed and then
take the real shot. But, in this case, a glance at the histogram of the
first shot should have shouted out... I've got it. And most of the time
you will on the first try. And manual mode works well in this
environment since the exposure is unlikely to change much for a while.
In this particular case it looks like the photo is taken in late
afternoon under very overcast skies. You could turn the camera in any
direction and the exposure will be the same... except that the meter
might (incorrectly) argue with that. And since the meter might
(incorrectly) argue with that why give it the chance to make an error
when you know you've already got it right.
Leave exposure bracketing to the film camera when you don't have a
proper meter. You'll have a lot fewer images to discard.
Chuck Norcutt
siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I think .3 is too little, I have a difficult time with which is which.
> One thing you can try is ISO braketing in RAW mode, at -1/0/+1 or half
> under, base and half over. ISOBKT+RAW takes just one shutter
> activation, but makes three files to merge, considering how much range
> there is from light to dark, and merge in post.
>
> /s
>
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Dear All
>>
>> Since we have just been discussing this, I have put a set of bracketed
>> shots on this gallery:
>> http://gallery.me.com/zuiko/100037
>> I set the E-3 for 3 shots at 0.3EV intervals with a baseline of 0
>> correction. It seems to me that the +0.3 has come out best, although
>> I have had to adjust the White Balance (I have it set to Daylight all
>> the time, rather than Auto). I used bracketing on purpose since I do
>> not often see snow here and I wasn't sure how to adjust the exposure.
>> I now see that I should have set it to +0.5 or +1.0 as baseline.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> The scene is in the Reserve of the Royal Society for the Protection of
>> Birds (RSPB), not far from my home. My wife works there (for a
>> pittance ... :-)).
>>
>> Chris
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