On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 03:16:11PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Quoting Stan Halpin <[email protected]>: > > > >> Got it Larry. I blew right past that option, and went for the remote > >> trigger. But you are right, this should serve the purpose. > > > > > > Yeah - that works. > > > > Searching on line I found suggestions that MLU + auto bracketing is > > available if you put the camera into Live View which, by definition, puts > > the mirror up. However, testing this with my K-5 found that the mirror > > still moved up and down between exposures. I assume it would be the same > > for the K-5ii
Unless you are using the remote so that you can trip the shutter from further away, I doubt that using the remote adds any sharpness if you are already using the 2second delay. I suggest that it is worth testing. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > Brian, your mention of LiveView sent me back on my hunt. > > I am trying here for three outcomes. I want auto exposure bracketing, I want > to use my remote to avoid camera movement, and I want mirror-up to minimize > any mirror-slap issues. I may have found the right combination. Whether in LV > or not: > - in the Mode menu, first select Remote/3-sec-delay. > - then select Exp Bracketing/use-remote > - Menu C page #2 Option #9, choose 2=one-shot brcketing. > I think this combination works. I can't be sure, but from the sounds I am > hearing and those I don't hear, I think I've got it. > I think this combination also works when starting from LV but it sounded a > bit different. I think that the one-shot option may also be unnecessary but > it speeds up the start-to-end shot sequence by 12-15 seconds, leaving less > time for elements in the frame to move around. > > stan > > > > > > >> > >> stan > >> > >> On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Larry Colen 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. > > > -- > 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.
