Varying Settings Over A Series Of Photographs (Bracketing) - Olympus PEN E-PL8 Instruction Manual

Varying settings over a series of photographs (bracketing)

"Bracketing" refers to the act of varying settings automatically over a series of shots
or a series of images to "bracket" the current value. You can store bracket shooting
settings and turn bracket shooting off.
1
Select [Bracketing] in X Shooting Menu 2 and
press z.
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2
After selecting [On], press I and select a bracket
shooting type.
3
Press I, select settings for parameters such as the number of shots, and
then press the z button.
• Continue to press the z button until you return to the screen in step 1.
• If you select [Off] in step 2, bracket shooting settings will be saved and you can shoot
normally.
• When you select bracket shooting, t appears on the screen.
• Cannot be used during HDR photography.
• Cannot be used at the same time as time lapse shooting.
• You cannot shoot during bracket shooting if there is not enough space on the camera's
memory card for the selected number of frames.
• You can switch the bracket shooting [On] or [Off] using the button assigned with [Button
Function] (P. 98).
AE BKT (AE bracketing)
The camera varies the exposure of each shot. The modifi cation amount can be selected from
0.3 EV, 0.7 EV, or 1.0 EV. In single-frame shooting mode, one photograph is taken each time
the shutter button is pressed all the way down, while in sequential shooting mode the camera
continues to take shots in the following order while the shutter button is pressed all the way
down: no modifi cation, negative, positive. Number of shots: 2, 3, 5, or 7
• The t indicator turns green during bracketing.
• The camera modifi es exposure by varying aperture and
shutter speed (mode P), shutter speed (modes A and M),
or aperture (mode S).
• The camera brackets the value currently selected for
exposure compensation.
• The size of the bracketing increment changes with the value
selected for [EV Step]. g "EV Step" (P. 91)
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Shooting Menu 2
j/Y
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Image Stabilizer
2
Bracketing
HDR
Multiple Exposure
Intrvl. Sh./Time Lapse
# RC Mode
Back Set
Bracketing
AE BKT
WB BKT A-- G--
FL BKT
ISO BKT
ART BKT
Back Set
Bracketing
AE BKT Off
WB BKT 2f 0.3EV A-- G--
FL BKT
2f 0.7EV
ISO BKT
2f 1.0EV
ART BKT
3f 0.3EV
3f 0.7EV
3f 1.0EV
Back Set
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Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
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