hdr and nikon d200
Ξ May 20th, 2008 | → | ∇ Tutorials |
Well, because I recently own a Nikon d200, I take a few shots for hdr, but first search the internet to see how to setup my camera for doing this. Well, first I think is was like d50, but have a big surprise, the d200, don’t allow to make 2 stop difference between bracketing, so if on d50 I can take 3 shots (-2, 0,+2 ) exposure on a d200 I have to take at least 5 photos to have a +/- 2 difference (-2,-1,0,+1,+2). Basically this is good because we have collected more information for our pictures.
The easy way for doing this is something like this.
- press on “BKT” button, and with back dial rotate until on top menu you will see 5F
- Now you may shoot that 5 photos for your hdr . What I learn from some experienced user, is that if you have a shine day with a lot of light, you may try to make the photos from hand, and after that with a little photoshop , the hdr may became live.
Other advanced order about how to make photos with d200, for hdr is this:
Step 1:
Set your bracketing preferences (number of shots spanning an exposure range etc.)
For this example I’ll assume we’ve set a 5-frame bracket.
Step 2:
It’s a D200 feature that the Shooting Modes CL and CH will automatically stop at the end of a bracketed sequence whenever bracketing is ‘primed’, so rotate the Shooting Mode dial to CL (low-rate continuous firing).
Step 3:
In Custom Menu d4 - Shooting Speed, set your Continuous Low firing rate to the lowest available 1 FPS (it’s on 3 FPS by default). Hopefully this will allow the vibrations to settle as much as possible between shutter operations.
For this example, one whole bracket-sequence would take at least 5 seconds to complete.
Step 4:
In Custom Menu d5 - set Exposure Delay Mode to ON.
This gives us the 4/10ths sec mirror-up delay prior to each shutter release. Note that this will slightly stretch the time needed for each of our 5 bracketed exposures. In theory it will add 2 whole seconds to a 5-sequence bracket, so we must allow at least 7 seconds for them to complete.
(The Self-Timer option, Custom Menu c4, plays no part here.)
Step 5:
In the Shooting Menu, select “Intvl Timer Shooting” and proceed through its stages …
5a. On “Now”, press the Multi-Selector to the right (or set a Start Time if you prefer).
5b. In “Interval”, set a time in HH : MM : SS that will safely embrace our bracketing sequence, and maybe add a few seconds for comfort.
For this example, let’s give it a 6 second comfort margin, so we will see 00 : 00 : 13 in our display. (7 seconds for bracketing + 6 seconds for comfort).
5c. Press the Multi-Selector to the right, and where it says “Select Intvl*Shots”, select the number of times you wish your bracketing sequence to be repeated.
For this example I’ll assume we want 8 bracket-sequences, so I will set it to show 008 x 1 = 008
We must leave the “Shots” value at ‘1’ otherwise the D200 will abandon the bracket setting we made in Step 1 above.
Now - This is the last step before we launch our D200 on its mission.
5d. Press the Multi-Selector to the right, and move the highlight to “On”.
DO NOT press the Multi-Selector again, but instead press the “Enter” button at the bottom-left-rear of the D200.
( the last info I was found on steves-digicams.com forums and gather them together )
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