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3F 0 .7
3F 1.0
5F 0 .3
5F 0 .5
5F 0 .7
5F 1.0
and so on for 7F and 9F.
* Nikon rounds third stop settings to .3 and .7 (they should actually
be .333... and .666...). Also, half stop settings (e.g. 0.5) are only
available if the Custom Setting #B2 is set to
Note: The order in which the photographs are taken is normally as
shown (e.g. correct value, followed by other values from
negative to positive, in increasing order). You may change
the order using Custom Setting #E7 (see page <570>).
Other Custom Settings make changes to bracketing, as well.
Custom Setting #E5 (see page <567>) allows you to pick
what is being bracketed (the default is that both ambient
and flash exposures are varied during bracketing). Custom
Setting #E6 (see page <569>) allows setting what is
bracketed when the camera is in Manual exposure mode.
The D300 has more bracketing options than most
photographers tend to use. Because the D300's meter is
accurate, the most commonly used bracketing value is
probably 3F 0 .3 (or 3F 0.5 if you've set the camera for half
stop values).
In very bright snow or sand conditions, I tend to set 3F 0 .7 or
3F 1 .0 and an exposure compensation value of +0.7 or +1.0
EV, as the Nikon metering system is often fooled into
underexposing in those conditions. By setting exposure
compensation, I move the bracketing midpoint from the
metered value. (I end up with exposures of +0, +0.7 and +1.3
or +0, +1, and +2.) You can do the same thing by setting +3F
0.7 or + 3F 1.0 on the D300, but I use the combo method
because it works on every Nikon body that supports
bracketing, while the second, direct method works on only
Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
3 0, -0.7, +0.7 EV
3 0, -1, +1 EV
5 0, -0.3, -0.7, +0.3, +0.7 EV
5 0, -0.5, -1, +0.5, +1 EV
5 0, -0.7, -1.3, +0.7, +1.3 EV
5 0, -1, -2, +1, +2 EV
V1.02
stop values.
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