Bracketing helps a photographer find the right exposure for environment and the quality of light.
Bracketing is a trick photographers have used for decades to get the best exposure for a picture. Simply put, bracketing means the same picture is shot several times, each at a slightly different shutter speed or aperture setting. The digital Nikon D50 has an automated bracketing option in its custom setting menu that varies the aperture. When "BKT Set" is selected, the camera shoots each picture three times, one at the settings the light meter suggests, one underexposed and one overexposed.
Instructions
1. Set the camera to one of four shooting options, using the mode dial: "P" for programmed-auto, "A" for aperture-priority, "S" for shutter-priority or "M" for manual. Auto-bracketing is not available in other shooting modes.s.
2. Press the menu button, to the left of the large LCD screen, to access the camera settings. Use the up and down arrows on the multi-selector button to reach the custom menu. Press the right arrow button to select it.
3. Navigate to "BKT Set" in the custom menu options. Change the setting from "Off" to "AE & Flash."
4. Use the right arrow to reach the "Step Size" option window, which tells the camera how much variation to allow among the three exposure settings. Select a setting.
5. Press the shutter button partially to exit the menu system.
6. Choose from single-frame shooting or continuous shooting by pressing the shooting-mode button on the upper left corner of the back of the camera. It's marked with a series of rectangles stacked on top of each other. At the same time, turn the command dial and look at the control panel near the shutter button. Stop turning the dial when the correct shooting mode appears in the window. Single-frame mode is marked with an "S," and continuous shooting mode is marked with the same series of rectangles as the shooting-mode button. In single-frame mode, you take the bracketed pictures individually by pressing the shutter button three times. In continuous mode, the camera will fire three successive frames each time the shutter is pressed.
7. Take the picture. If you have chosen single-frame mode, you'll need to press the shutter button two more times.
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