Stanley Halpin wrote:
On Jan 10, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Ken Waller<[email protected]> wrote:
Also, the sequence of bracketing can be set any way you want it ie.
at/under/over etc. so you can tell the exposure by the capture sequence.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill"<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Is anyone else having trouble with sort by capture time in LR 5?
On 10/01/2015 12:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
When I bracket shots, I frequently have problems in Lightroom's "sort by
capture time" in that it will get photos from the same bracket out of
order. This can be a nuisance when I'm trying to sort them out by
under/nominal/over exposure. I don't know whether this is a case of LR
using file creation date or the camera screwing up the date in the exif
file, or LR not reading the exif time to enough precision. I haven't
checked to see if it also happens in PEF or just DNG.
This is usually not a huge problem because I can often get by with sort
by filename, but it would be nice if there were an easy way to fix it.
The easiest fix is to learn what an over exposed or under exposed image looks
like compared to a normally exposed one.
Sometimes we have to use our eyes to do photography.
Yes, it is easy to tell the difference in bracketed shots before you apply autotone to
the whole set. With only a couple stops of difference between shots and 14 stops of
dynamic range, plus the vagaries of how lightroom determines "proper exposure",
the differences can be subtle, particularly at the grid view, thumbnail size.
bill
Whether or not Larry “should” be able to see the difference among under, over,
and properly exposed shots, his issue as I understand is that LR5 may not be
sorting properly according to capture time. Maybe not that big a deal with a
sequence of 3-5 exposure-bracketed shots. But if I were doing a stack of 20-30
shots with slightly different focus, the software expects the images to be in a
consistent order from near to far or far to near and improper sequencing could
screw things up. So, yes, being able to do proper sorts can be an issue. And
no, for most scenes, I would not be able to eyeball-sort 20-30 images
near-to-far. The changes from one image to the next are too subtle.
Exactly Stan. Also, yesterday I was bracketing pretty much every shot of the
sunset. I was also frequently changing my exposure settings and my bracketing,
so simply going by shutter speed wasn't a universal solution.
And Larry - no I have not seen this issue. Suggest you turn off one-push
bracketing and see if that helps.
I believe that I have also had the problem in "motor drive" mode when I'm
shooting a fast sequence of pictures of people being thrown in aikido, so changing the
bracket order should not have much effect. For what it's worth, I have bracketing set to
-,0,-.
stan
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