What is bracketing?

[blinded]

I always hear people talking about "bracketing" their shots, or "bracket correctly" or something... what does this all mean?

 

[voodoocat]

It is when you take different exposures of the same frame. Say you get a meter reading of 1/60 f4 you could also shoot 1/30 and 1/125. This would give a few choices for the exposure you're after. With print film, half steps don't really show. But with slide film you may want to bracket in half stops.

 

[blinded]

It is when you take different exposures of the same frame. Say you get a meter reading of 1/60 f4 you could also shoot 1/30 and 1/125. This would give a few choices for the exposure you're after. With print film, half steps don't really show. But with slide film you may want to bracket in half stops.

You mean shoot 1/60 at F4 and 1/30 at f4 and 1/125 at f4? Just making sure you didn't mean to change the aperature too. Thanks!

 

[voodoocat]

It is when you take different exposures of the same frame. Say you get a meter reading of 1/60 f4 you could also shoot 1/30 and 1/125. This would give a few choices for the exposure you're after. With print film, half steps don't really show. But with slide film you may want to bracket in half stops.

You mean shoot 1/60 at F4 and 1/30 at f4 and 1/125 at f4? Just making sure you didn't mean to change the aperature too. Thanks!

Exactly. Of course you could keep the shutter speed the same and change the aperture.

 

[jack]

hi blinded,

bracket apertures for depth of field and background detail experiments.
bracket shutter-speeds for a nice exposure. use the highest 'f'-number
(smallest aperture) you can for detail.


this is a very nice illustration :arrow: ....
http://www.reflectiveimages.com/aperturebracketing.htm..//jack