bracketing

[gokenin]

I was wondering does anyone use the bracketing function on the S3 or if you have it on your dslr? I have used it a few times and have found that I often get a keeper when I do so I was wondering does or has anyone just used the bracketing all the time or is it more just a training tool to get exposures down?

 

[boBQuincy]

I use bracketing when I am not sure what exposure I will want, and when I can tell the camera will not have enough range to capture the image properly. Then I use HDR or similar process to combine the bracketed images.

 

[Groucho]

I use it occasionally if I know I'm in a situation where the exposure will be tricky. Not all the time since obviously you end up with 3x as many photos!

 

[Amy]

I've used it occasionally on my S3, and I'm trying to get in the habit of using it more often. Actually, it's more like taking the time to notice that the exposure might be a bit tricky, and then bracketing, LOL! For instance, mid-July I took some shots on Lake Erie - bright afternoon sunlight glaring off the water. After a while, I DID remember to bracket, but I didn't go back and re-shoot the earlier ones.

Playing with the exposure in Photoshop Elements after the fact (brighten shadows/darken highlights, etc.) just doesn't give quite the same results as bracketing the exposure in the first place.

 

[LMarge]

is it possible for someone to share comparison photos? I'm still not sure exactly what this does - where, oh where, did my manual go? TIA!
Marge

 

[Groucho]

All bracketing does is take three (normally, some high-end cameras will do more than three) photos in a row at three different exposures. One at what it thinks is the correct one, one that's a stop darker, and one that's a stop brighter. It won't make any individual picture better (or different), just gives you a range of choices in case what it thinks is the correct exposure really isn't.

In other words, there really aren't "with and without" comparison photos, if that makes any sense.