On Apr 11, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> >> On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> >>> On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>>> From: Larry Colen >>>>> >>>>> It seems to me that if we are shooting a low contrast situation, such >>>>> as clouds on a grey sky, or with a mediocre, low contrast lens, we >>>>> could compensate by using a higher ISO to spread the fewer stops of >>>>> dynamic range in the input out over more bits of data, at the cost of >>>>> more noise, because we're constraining ourselves to the lower, >>>>> noisier portion of the signal. >>>>> >>>>> Is this basically accurate? >>>> >>>> IMHO, you're OVER-thinking this. Just go out and look for beautiful >>>> pictures. Take 'em. >>> >>> John, you are obviously not enough of a geek. For me, one big part of the >>> fun is actually learning and understanding what it going on. Another thing >>> that I find a lot of fun is being able to take photos that other people >>> can't, and that requires understanding what is happening. >>> >>>> >>>> Bracket like hell! >>> >>> Unfortunately, the camera will only auto bracket shutter speed. >> >> You can choose what function to bracket in the menus. I don't have my camera >> with me at the moment, so I can't recall exactly where that is, but it's >> there. A bit obscure if I recall. The menu item isn't directly related to >> bracketing, but it has to do with setting a priority for f-stop >> differentiation. > > Doing a bit of google-fu it seems that it is dependent upon exposure mode. > In Manual, which is what I'm usually shooting when I bracket, it seems to go > with shutter speed, but if I set my green button to set exposure in Tv rather > than Av, it may bracket aperture instead. I'll have to try it. >
That's it. It's the green-button setting that determines bracketing function. I knew it was obscure, but couldn't recall exactly what the menu setting was for. >> Paul >> >>> I'm completely boggled why you can't choose what to bracket (shutter speed, >>> aperture or ISO) since they're all controlled by the camera. For that >>> matter you should be able to tell the camera to maintain the same exposure >>> and which of the the three to remain constant. >>> >>> While we're at it, with auto focus, you should be able to bracket focus. >>> It could be handy for motorsports too, tell the camera to bracket focus >>> coming towards you by a set amount each frame. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
