Bracketing - Hasselblad H5D User Manual

BRACKETING

The bracketing function provides an automatic series of cap-
tures; one at the standard exposure setting (Manual or Auto)
and the others with pre-determined deviations in EV from the
standard exposure. This is particularly useful for images con-
taining a very wide tonal range, for example.
Firstly you make an assessment concerning the number of ex-
tra frames required, the order in which they should be taken,
and by how much the EV deviation there should be and the
setting made accordingly. The first metered exposure (Manu-
al or Auto) is the EV that determines the calculations for the
bracketing sequence.
BRACKETING SETTING
1) Press MENU on grip.
Front scroll wheel until Bracketing appears
2) Turn the
3) Press ENTER.
4) Turn the Front scroll wheel to access the options, that are:
Number of Captures (the number of captures required in the se-
quence)
Sequence (the sequential order of the over- or underexposures)
Step (the amount of EV variation from the standard exposure setting)
(A drop shadow will be displayed beneath the selected symbol,
for example )
5) In turn the Rear
frames required: 2, 3, 5, 7 or 9.
Rear
6) In turn the scroll wheel to choose one of four
sequences:
A: Standard, Over, Under
B: Standard, Under, Over
C: Over, Standard, Under
D: Under, Standard, Over
– continued
scroll wheel to choose the number of
Note the difference in operation between Single and Con-
tinuous drive settings:
• At the Single setting you must press the shutter release but-
ton separately for every separate capture until the sequence
is finished.
• At the Continuous setting you can either maintain the pres-
sure on the button to take all frames without stopping or you
can release the pressure on the button and press again to
continue to the end of the sequence without losing any frames
within the set sequence.
Number of captures
highlighted. 3 cap-
tures chosen as op-
tion.
A B
70
options available
2 frames
3 frames
5 frames
options available
options available
1/3 EV
1 EV
or
Front scroll
wheel
ON
ENTER
or
SAVE
MENU
Rear scroll
wheel
C D
continued over 
or
or
1/2 EV
or or
2 EV 3 EV
or