Bracketing on D70

[wkcheah]

Hi fellow Nikonians,

Wondering if anyone has used the bracketing function on their D70 and ever encountered any problems before?

On my D70, I enabled the Auto Bracketing. Once enabled, I can see the bracketing icon blinking on the status panel. And with the sub command dial, I am able to select the shots/EV step. But after setting those up, I tried some test shots, but each time, there's just one single image produced. I would expect 3 images produced with the respective EV steps for the 3F combination. Likewise, it is the same result for all other combinations. Each of them produce just one image only.

I recalled from my old CP5700 that I could get several different exposures of the same image when turned on the bracketing feature. But doesn't seem to be the way for D70.

I re-checked the instructions from the manual but couldn't find any clue as to what could be wrong.

Is there a limitation on what exposure mode or vari-program mode I could use? Does the bracketing works with P mode?

Appreciate advise on how to get this to work. Thanks in advance.

-WK

 

[nsinggih]

You need to press the shutter to capture the exposure. It doesn't do that automatically, though it will show the progress on the display.

 

[reflecx]

Think you need to click the shutter 3 times.

 

[wkcheah]

Think you need to click the shutter 3 times.

huh... really? :think:

 

[Picard]

...yah...you need to click it 3 times (or 2 times depending on your selection). It doesn't do them automatically. In fact if you enabled noise reduction for long exposure it will take a while before each exposure is featured on the LCD...roughly about 3 ~ 5 secs.

It's not a problem for me cos I use it for night landscape - static stuff so...

However...remember to disengage the Bracketing if your next shot doesn't need it.

Cheers

 

[wkcheah]

...yah...you need to click it 3 times (or 2 times depending on your selection). It doesn't do them automatically. In fact if you enabled noise reduction for long exposure it will take a while before each exposure is featured on the LCD...roughly about 3 ~ 5 secs.

It's not a problem for me cos I use it for night landscape - static stuff so...

However...remember to disengage the Bracketing if your next shot doesn't need it.

Cheers

Hmmm... Nikon didn't mention this on their D70 manual :think: and I didn't know I've got to press the shuttle few times to capture the different EV steps. In my old CP5700, i just need to press the shuttle once and the three exposures gets captured automatically... It wouldn't make sense then because my hands could have moved and I could get a different angle for each of the EV steps. :dunno:

OK. Will go try it out tonight when i get home.

Thanks for the advice.

-WK

 

[RSU]

Hmmm... Nikon didn't mention this on their D70 manual :think: and I didn't know I've got to press the shuttle few times to capture the different EV steps. In my old CP5700, i just need to press the shuttle once and the three exposures gets captured automatically... It wouldn't make sense then because my hands could have moved and I could get a different angle for each of the EV steps. :dunno:

OK. Will go try it out tonight when i get home.

Thanks for the advice.

-WK

Set to continuous shutter and hold down the shutter release, and the D70 will take the number of shots required according to your bracketing settings.

Manual, page 89.

Regards

 

[MashiMaro]

Is there a limitation on what exposure mode or vari-program mode I could use? Does the bracketing works with P mode?

Hmmm... Nikon didn't mention this on their D70 manual :think:

hmmm... i wonder if you really read the manual :think:

 

[wkcheah]

hmmm... i wonder if you really read the manual :think:

thanks for the tip... :embrass: will re-read again...

 

[2100]

Yeah, just set it to burst mode. For exposure bracketing, press the shutter and maintain till 3 or whatever frames are up. For WB bracketing, just 1 shot is enough. Just press and hold, release when the cam stops shooting.