On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:15:52AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Yes, under those circumstances I bracket as well. I had to shoot downtown > streetlights for a magazine article and wanted some scene detail as well. I > bracketed that somewhat broadly but skipped mirror lockup. Like you, I always > shoot RAW, and I'm uncomfortable shooting jpegs.
Speaking of those circumstances, we had a bit of excitement in front of the neighbor's house last night. Shown for entertainment rather than photographic value. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635972300285/ A lot of these shots were bracketed, because I didn't have time to fiddle around with test shots and finding the perfect exposure each time. Even though I bracket a lot of photos with the intent of using HDR on them, I've found that with the HDR of the K-5 I almost never need to. It turns out that the young lady holding the sign in "920" is also into photography and we spent some time chatting about it. One amusing thing about last night was having to show my neighbors how to light road flares. > > Paul > On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When shooting raw (ie always) I Bracket when I'm worrying about dynamic > > range. Particularly at night when there are lights that could blow out. > > One of the bracketing modes is with the 2 second lockup. > > Up arrow for shutter modes > > Go to bracket > > Down arrow > > Select bracket with a timer dial > > > > Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've found that when shooting RAW, bracketing is unnecessary. If > >> you''re careful about exposure and come close, you can easily nail it > >> in conversion. > >> > >> Paul > >> On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Short story: I haven't been able to find a way to use Mirror Lockup > >> mode while also bracketing exposures. Am I missing something in one of > >> the functions or options? > >>> > >>> Longer story: One of the things I learned during the workshop I > >> attended in August is that I didn't know as much as I thought about the > >> K-5. I knew of, e.g., exposure bracketing and had used that once or > >> twice but didn't really know how to use it until I practiced a bit. > >> Since then I have been slowly working my way back and forth in the > >> manual, trying to become more familiar with the various functions and > >> practicing to get more facile in using them. As I "previsualize" some > >> shots I would like to take at an upcoming Fall Colors workshop (same > >> venue, same instructors, different emphasis on the photo opportunities > >> available), one combination of functions I would like to be able to use > >> is bracketed exposure (for possible HDR processing). But I want to be > >> able to use mirror-lockup (with remote) for many/most shots (for > >> greater sharpness). And I haven't discovered any way to activate both > >> the bracket and ML modes simultaneously. So, am I missing something? Or > >> do I resign myself to manually adjusting the exposure to create the > >> bracketed sequence? > >>> > >>> stan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > -- > > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
