Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-29 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Brian, your mention of LiveView sent me back on my hunt. I am trying here for three outcomes. I want auto exposure bracketing, I want to use my remote to avoid camera movement, and I want mirror-up to minimize any mirror-slap issues. I may

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, under those circumstances I bracket as well. I had to shoot downtown streetlights for a magazine article and wanted some scene detail as well. I bracketed that somewhat broadly but skipped mirror lockup. Like you, I always shoot RAW, and I'm uncomfortable shooting jpegs. Paul On Sep 27,

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:15:52AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: Yes, under those circumstances I bracket as well. I had to shoot downtown streetlights for a magazine article and wanted some scene detail as well. I bracketed that somewhat broadly but skipped mirror lockup. Like you, I always

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-28 Thread Stan Halpin
On Sep 28, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Got it Larry. I blew right past that option, and went for the remote trigger. But you are right, this should serve the purpose. Yeah - that works. Searching on line I found

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 03:16:11PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: On Sep 28, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Got it Larry. I blew right past that option, and went for the remote trigger. But you are right, this should serve the

Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-27 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
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

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-27 Thread Larry Colen
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

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-27 Thread Stan Halpin
Right - which is the main reason I've not explored bracketing extensively before. Particularly doing a test shot and checking the histograms, it isn't that tough to have the proper exposure. But my interest is due to some curiosity about HDR for which I would like to have a 5-shot bracket to

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-27 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Question re K-5ii controls

2013-09-27 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Got it Larry. I blew right past that option, and went for the remote trigger. But you are right, this should serve the purpose. Yeah - that works. Searching on line I found suggestions that MLU + auto bracketing is available if you put the