Autobracketing for FZ5

sinlg · 21st June 2005

Can FZ5 go +/- 2 EV?

any suggestion how to go about something like that?

unseen · 21st June 2005

hmmmm i think it's best to at least go for some basic photography course to learn what some of the stuff are for.

and learn to use the manual mode. autobracketing is just the lazy way of increasing exposure and decreasing. learn to use the Aperture mode and the manual mode.
then you can +/- 5 even with the FZ5.

*edit*
see below

unseen · 21st June 2005

Use aperture mode, select an aperture, take note of the shutter speed.
double the shutter speed or half it for a +/- 1ev,
take quaduple or 1/4 for +/- 2ev
take octuple or 1/8 for +/- 3ev
each positive stop is either twice the amount of light that reaches the camera.

for example, aperture 2.8 has twice the amt of light of aperture 5.6
shutter speed of 1s has twice the amt of light of shutter speed 1/2s

and to reiterate again, metering has got nothing to do with how your photos will turn out. it's only the camera guessing the appropriate amount of light that should be reaching your sensor.
if fixed aperture, the camera will select the appropriate shutter speed.
if fixed shutter, then the camera will select the appropriate aperture.
if you use manual mode -> it the type of metering does not ever matter anymore.

too many freshies assume that at same aperture same shutter metering affects the photo. it doesn't.

cheers

21st June 2005	#1
sinlg Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 355	Autobracketing for FZ5 Can FZ5 go +/- 2 EV? any suggestion how to go about something like that?

21st June 2005	#2
unseen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NTU and Wdls Posts: 2,608	F-stops, metering, and autobracketing hmmmm i think it's best to at least go for some basic photography course to learn what some of the stuff are for. and learn to use the manual mode. autobracketing is just the lazy way of increasing exposure and decreasing. learn to use the Aperture mode and the manual mode. then you can +/- 5 even with the FZ5. edit see below Last edited by unseen; 21st June 2005 at 11:00 PM.

21st June 2005	#3
unseen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NTU and Wdls Posts: 2,608	F-stops, metering, and autobracketing Use aperture mode, select an aperture, take note of the shutter speed. double the shutter speed or half it for a +/- 1ev, take quaduple or 1/4 for +/- 2ev take octuple or 1/8 for +/- 3ev each positive stop is either twice the amount of light that reaches the camera. for example, aperture 2.8 has twice the amt of light of aperture 5.6 shutter speed of 1s has twice the amt of light of shutter speed 1/2s and to reiterate again, metering has got nothing to do with how your photos will turn out. it's only the camera guessing the appropriate amount of light that should be reaching your sensor. if fixed aperture, the camera will select the appropriate shutter speed. if fixed shutter, then the camera will select the appropriate aperture. if you use manual mode -> it the type of metering does not ever matter anymore. too many freshies assume that at same aperture same shutter metering affects the photo. it doesn't. cheers