Apr 6, 2005, 10:18
Bracket? That's something you use to hold bookshelves up with, right?
hehe.. no I don't use the camera's bracketing functions at all. I think they're a good idea, but it's so easy to do the same thing manually and have more flexibility from shot to shot, so I don't bother with the built-in bracket functions.
I do manually bracket to cover myself regularly though, but I usually do so not because I'm unsure of the exposure but because I want to bracket the DOF, shutter speed or ISO to try to get the best quality image I can but still have a "safety" shot.
When I'm shooting the shot I just concentrate on capturing as much detail in the exposure as I can (ie exposing the shadows without blowing the highlights). A quick glance at the histogram after taking the shot tells me if I've got everything I need in there. The fine-tuning to get it looking the way I imagine it, I do on the PC later. Same with White Balance - I don't think I've switched the WB on the 350D off auto, but I always tweak it manually when looking at the RAW's on the PC.
The DPP software is my new best friend I think its the first piece of software that's come bundled with a camera that I've actually liked and found really useful.
hehe.. no I don't use the camera's bracketing functions at all. I think they're a good idea, but it's so easy to do the same thing manually and have more flexibility from shot to shot, so I don't bother with the built-in bracket functions.
I do manually bracket to cover myself regularly though, but I usually do so not because I'm unsure of the exposure but because I want to bracket the DOF, shutter speed or ISO to try to get the best quality image I can but still have a "safety" shot.
When I'm shooting the shot I just concentrate on capturing as much detail in the exposure as I can (ie exposing the shadows without blowing the highlights). A quick glance at the histogram after taking the shot tells me if I've got everything I need in there. The fine-tuning to get it looking the way I imagine it, I do on the PC later. Same with White Balance - I don't think I've switched the WB on the 350D off auto, but I always tweak it manually when looking at the RAW's on the PC.
The DPP software is my new best friend I think its the first piece of software that's come bundled with a camera that I've actually liked and found really useful.
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