missmarvell Posted April 21, 2011 Share #1 Posted April 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) How do I take HDR shots with my D-lux 5? Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 Hi missmarvell, Take a look here HDR shots with D-Lux 5. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Bill Allsopp Posted April 21, 2011 Share #2 Posted April 21, 2011 How do I take HDR shots with my D-lux 5? Thanks in advance There is a bracketing function in the menu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 21, 2011 Share #3 Posted April 21, 2011 I.Exposure (Intelligent Exposure) seems to be the D-Lux 5's in-camera HDR function. In high contrast areas it increases the ISO in the shadow areas to preserve detail. I haven't used it myself so I can't comment on its effectiveness but it doesn't work in raw (perhaps obviously) and it's not available in Snapshot or Scene modes. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted April 22, 2011 Share #4 Posted April 22, 2011 Isn't here a scene for HDR? One picture HDR in that case. This works fine for the Dlux-4. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 22, 2011 Share #5 Posted April 22, 2011 Miss Marvel, After looking a bit deeper I've also found High Dynamic mode, which is hidden under My Colour Mode on the selector dial on the top deck. It took me a while to work out how to get to get to High Dynamic and there are probably other and better ways but here's how I did it. Set the Mode dial to My Colour Mode, which is the setting between SCN and A (there are 2 "A" modes, so the one with the white camera outline with the black A in the middle). On the LCD screen there will be a long thin box at the top left with "Expressive" written in it and showing red arrows above and below. Use the arrow keys to navigate to High Dynamic (5 steps downwards). My Colour Mode irritatingly seems to default to Expressive so when you turn the camera off you'll need to navigate back to High Dynamic. If you turn the camera on in My Colour Mode it's difficult to work out how to navigate from Expressive to High Dynamic so move the Mode dial off My Colour Mode one step either way and then back to My Colour Mode and the selection box appears. The software seems a bit clumsy for this and it suggests to me that the software developers don't expect this function to get a lot of use or they would have made the setting latchable. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjim Posted April 22, 2011 Share #6 Posted April 22, 2011 That's good to know - couldn't find out where the setting was until you told us. Now I know the next time I want it. Cheers, Macjim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artkooper Posted January 25, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Never realized that menu position met hdr. Thanks for the help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted January 25, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2012 Thanks, Pete. Although I rarely have the need for HDR, it is useful to know the feature exists, even in an unfriendly way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMyers Posted January 27, 2012 Share #9 Posted January 27, 2012 Miss Marvel, After looking a bit deeper I've also found High Dynamic mode, which is hidden under My Colour Mode on the selector dial on the top deck. It took me a while to work out how to get to get to High Dynamic and there are probably other and better ways but here's how I did it. Set the Mode dial to My Colour Mode, which is the setting between SCN and A (there are 2 "A" modes, so the one with the white camera outline with the black A in the middle). On the LCD screen there will be a long thin box at the top left with "Expressive" written in it and showing red arrows above and below. Use the arrow keys to navigate to High Dynamic (5 steps downwards). My Colour Mode irritatingly seems to default to Expressive so when you turn the camera off you'll need to navigate back to High Dynamic. If you turn the camera on in My Colour Mode it's difficult to work out how to navigate from Expressive to High Dynamic so move the Mode dial off My Colour Mode one step either way and then back to My Colour Mode and the selection box appears. The software seems a bit clumsy for this and it suggests to me that the software developers don't expect this function to get a lot of use or they would have made the setting latchable. Pete. Thanks for the information - it worked just as you said, and the results were excellent on the initial testing I did. I tried to "save" this as a custom mode, and while that did not work, I somehow seem to have changed the default "my color" mode from "expressive" to "high dynamic". I'll need to use this for a while to see how I feel about it. I tried it indoors, in a room with bright blue walls, and some dark shadows. The result was real blue walls (not a washed out blue-white) and more detail and color all over. I'm not sure if it's doing anything similar to HDR or is just boosting the colors - what Canon calls "vivid". I will try out the i-auto mode once I get this sorted out. Actually, I'be happiest if the camera could take a 3 or 5 exposure bracketed burst, and I could feed the results into an HDR program such as "Photomatix". It's easy with my Nikon, but I haven't yet figured out how to do the same thing with the Lumix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 27, 2012 Share #10 Posted January 27, 2012 ... Actually, I'be happiest if the camera could take a 3 or 5 exposure bracketed burst, and I could feed the results into an HDR program such as "Photomatix". .... Mike, That function on the D-Lux 5 is called "Auto Bracket" and is turned on and off from the Record menu (the top menu tab with the camera icon) and it's the third from last entry. It allows you to take three shots with one shutter button press and you choose your exposure offsets in one third stop steps. Auto Bracket can't be used with flash, Snapshot mode, when shooting movies nor with some of the Scene modes. Auto Bracket can't be set in Manual or Shutter Priority mode if the shutter speed is set to longer than 1 second. Auto Bracket is cancelled when the camera is turned off. I don't know if this is the same for the LX5 but it's probably worth a try. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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