Got it Larry. I blew right past that option, and went for the remote trigger. But you are right, this should serve the purpose.
stan On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > When shooting raw (ie always) I Bracket when I'm worrying about dynamic > range. Particularly at night when there are lights that could blow out. > One of the bracketing modes is with the 2 second lockup. > Up arrow for shutter modes > Go to bracket > Down arrow > Select bracket with a timer dial > > Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> I've found that when shooting RAW, bracketing is unnecessary. If >> you''re careful about exposure and come close, you can easily nail it >> in conversion. >> >> Paul >> On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> >> wrote: >> >>> Short story: I haven't been able to find a way to use Mirror Lockup >> mode while also bracketing exposures. Am I missing something in one of >> the functions or options? >>> >>> Longer story: One of the things I learned during the workshop I >> attended in August is that I didn't know as much as I thought about the >> K-5. I knew of, e.g., exposure bracketing and had used that once or >> twice but didn't really know how to use it until I practiced a bit. >> Since then I have been slowly working my way back and forth in the >> manual, trying to become more familiar with the various functions and >> practicing to get more facile in using them. As I "previsualize" some >> shots I would like to take at an upcoming Fall Colors workshop (same >> venue, same instructors, different emphasis on the photo opportunities >> available), one combination of functions I would like to be able to use >> is bracketed exposure (for possible HDR processing). But I want to be >> able to use mirror-lockup (with remote) for many/most shots (for >> greater sharpness). And I haven't discovered any way to activate both >> the bracket and ML modes simultaneously. So, am I missing something? Or >> do I resign myself to manually adjusting the exposure to create the >> bracketed sequence? >>> >>> stan >>> >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
