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by three stops – are useful for conventional HDR (where you merge it in
your computer later on).

TIP: When in Bracketing – Single mode, your camera will show you what each
exposure will look like before you shoot. So don’t be alarmed if your viewfinder
looks a little dark or light sometimes – remember, you told your camera to do
this!

In what order does the bracketing occur? It’s all dependent upon the setting
in MENU  5  Bracket Order. In the factory default, when you
take three pictures in a row, the first will be exposed according to the
camera’s recommendation; the second will be underexposed by the amount
chosen, and the third will be overexposed by the amount chosen. Taking
five pictures does the same thing in the same order, except you are shooting
two more images, one even more underexposed, and one even more
overexposed. Bracketing mode remains in effect until you turn it off.
You’ll notice that your camera has TWO bracketing modes – one labeled
“BRK S” (Single) and the other labeled “BRK C” (Continuous). For the
“Single”, you must depress the shutter release button three separate times in
order to capture the three bracketed exposures. For Continuous, press and
hold the shutter release button, and the camera will take three (or five)
bracketed pictures as described above.

What happens if you lift your finger before the bracket sequence is
through? Then it will wait until you press the shutter release button again,
picking up where it left off.

So, to summarize, when choosing a bracketing mode you have three
different parameters to specify:

 Single or Continuous
 0.3, 0.7, 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0 EV stops apart
 3 frames or 5 frames

And that is the reason so many different permutations appear to you as you
select from the Bracketing mode menu. To choose among them, first use
UP and DOWN to select either BRK-C or BRK-S, and then use LEFT and
RIGHT to choose the icon containing the other two parameters.