Hi Darren -
Thanks for looking into this. The mutual exclusion of features seems to
be a puzzle on the Q and other cameras. It is nowhere as bad as my Nikon
P6000 which won't even let you auto bracket in RAW mode, let's you shoot
at ISO 6400 (but only in JPG and only at 3 MP) etc... By comparison the
Q is quite flexible.
I was hoping to be able to flip into the HDR mode on tab 2 of the
settings with a twist of the Quick Dial, which would take the multiple
exposures and combine them into a single jpg. But the the method you
suggest will let me get a good set of bracketed images that I can run
through HDR software later, and it is only a few button pushes to get there.
- Mark
On 9/11/2012 11:05 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Sorry for the delay in answering Mark C's question on how to do true
HDR on the Q. I was not familiar enough with the Q yet to answer off
the top of my head. Also, hard to wrap one's head around is how some
features are not available when other settings are enabled.
To do true HDR, with a minimum of fuss you first of all need to be
shooting RAW or RAW+.
Then, the feature you are looking for is Exposure Bracketing. In the
menu, you can select the bracketing order (see page 68 of the manual).
Exposure bracketing is not available when the capture mode is set to
Moving Object, Night Scene HDR, Pet, Kids, HDR (of the SCN mode on the
dial).
It is also not available when the shutter speed is set to B.
It is also not available when HDR Capture is set (since that applies
only to the camera's automatically merging 3 shots into a JPEG)
Finally, it cannot be used with Interval Shooting or Multi-Exposure.
Exposure Bracketing is selected in Drive Mode (icon looks like three
rectangles with the +/- one on top. You'll see you have your choice of
normal Exposure Bracketing or Exposure Bracketing in combination with
the Remote Control. After you have selected which one you want, you
can press the DOWNARROW again to select the EV separation between
shots (using the dial). You can set up to a +/- 3 EV for your
over/under-exposed shots.
To cancel the Exposure Bracketing, you just switch back to another drive mode.
The only other thing to keep in mind is that whatever AF point is
selected in the first exposure will be used in the 2nd and third.
I believe this works pretty much like it works on other Pentax DSLRs,
except that you are limited to 3 shots where the K-5 gives you the
option of 5. (also you get to the drive mode on the K-5 with the
UPARROW button, while on the Q it is the RIGHTARROW button.
All of this is covered on Pages 80 & 81 of the Q manual.
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for confirming that - I spent some time over the last few days with
the manual and the camera, hoping to do it through the USER settings, which
I can't seem to get to work one way or another. It looks like the Quick dial
only allows customization of the Custom Picture Mode, Digital Filters, and
aspect ratio.
Mark
On 9/8/2012 8:54 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Not that I could work out. I wondered if it could be done by doing
the smart effect user settings but no such luck. This dial is a nice
idea but the selections are lousy. This would be a nice firmware
upgrade.
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