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sequence: replace the card and the next picture picks up
the bracketing sequence where it left off.
• Exposure compensation interacts with bracketing values. If
you set exposure compensation to –0.3 EV and a
bracketing sequence of 3F 0 .7, you'd get shots of -0.3, –
1, and +0.3 EV, not 0, -0.7, and +0.7 EV.
• When you set bracketing to On with the camera in
manual (M) exposure mode, by default the D300 changes
shutter speeds to accomplish the various exposures,
despite your having set a particular shutter speed! You can
change this behavior with Custom Setting #E6 (see page
<569>).
Nikon only mentions flash bracketing in passing in their
manuals, and the way they describe the interaction with
exposure bracketing confuses many new Nikon users. If you
have a Speedlight or the internal flash active when exposure
bracketing is set, not only does the camera set different
ambient exposure values for each shot, but it varies the output
of the Speedlight, as well (remember, the default flash mode is
a "balanced" mode, where flash doesn't assume that it is
providing the main exposure). Normally, this is what you
want the camera to do. You can tell the camera to use flash-
only or camera-only bracketing by using Custom Setting #E5
(see "Exposure Bracketing Method" on page <567>).
Pay careful attention to the top LCD when setting bracketing.
If there are decimals in the values (e.g. 0.3 or 1.0), then you're
setting exposure bracketing. If no decimals appear (e.g. you
see only 1, 2, or 3), then you're setting white balance
bracketing!
Note: If you shoot in NEF format, Nikon Capture NX allows a
range of after-the-fact exposure adjustment. You can
actually save space on your CompactFlash card by simply
shooting in NEF format and adjusting its exposure on your
computer instead of bracketing a JPEG three-frame
sequence. This is especially true if you make sure that your
exposure doesn't have a histogram that extends off the right
side of the display (i.e. no blown highlights). However,
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