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What would you guys say is a good allround exposure bracketing setup for the Monochrom?

 

To be honest I have maybe manually bracketed the exposure on my M8 a total of two or three times, so it's not a big deal. But I might run into a scene again where I would like to use it again, and since the Monochrom actually has a exposure bracketing function, I might as well use it when needed.

 

And I don't want to mess with settings at the moment when I want to use it, since nothing kills a moment more than fiddling with your camera. So a typical "general" setup (if such exists) would be useful to me. What settings have you set it at or do you find the most useful?

 

So what would be a good standard setup? 3 exposure at -2/0/+2?

 

I guess I should say how I would like to use it. Nothing HDR like, but just a typical high contrast situation needing to be controlled.

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I think you just need to understand the relationship between your camera and light, in terms of useful histograms.

 

As I walk around, I tweak the exposure comp of my MM, but that's based on thinking about what I am doing. Its not the same as fiddling. I will happily shoot knowing I am at -2/3 when I should be at '0' because -2/3 stop exposure means nothing to the MM. You lose nothing of concern, really. Its more important to get the frame.

 

On a dark overcast sky I will leave it a zero.

On a flat white sky overcast day I may leave it at -1/3

Bright sky days... -2/3.

 

Those are rough guides. I do not bracket on auto because if I have to get something instantly, shooting sequential frames is a waste of time and if I have time I can determine exposure more carefully based on the histogram. YMMV.

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Back in the days I shot slide film, I bracketed a lot. With a raw file, I play with it in PS so I really never bracket. I try to get initial exposure correct and then I can tweak it in PS.

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I rarely use it, but I have mine set to 3 exposures -1, 0, +1. If you go with 5 or even worse 7 you are going to fill your buffer and risk taking another shot for awhile. That might be fine for landscape, maybe you need it for HDR, but if youre just trying to get exposure 3 should do it. But, hey, it's digital... Try different setups and see what you like most.

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Because of the latitude available in the MM and the excellent processing powers of modern RAW converters it isn't worth bothering with 'fine' increments of exposure bracketing, go for a full stop at each step at least.

 

Steve

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I think with the power of MM, I would only bracket with a wider range than the standard +/-1EV, maybe +/-2EV.

I don't use the automatic bracket, but I guess I do it like a lot of MM user and shoot the object several times with the +/- 2EV, often even more in back light situations.

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