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Old 14-04-11, 08:39 AM
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Question D3100 Bracketing
Still learning on my D3100
Question is it possible to set exposure compensation (bracketing) on the D3100 and if so how??
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Old 14-04-11, 09:17 AM
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Look up bracketing in your user manual.
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Old 14-04-11, 01:17 PM
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No. The D3100 doesn't do auto exposure bracketing. Sorry.
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Old 14-04-11, 01:44 PM
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Didnt think it did still worth asking next step persuade"her in doors" to donate my D3100 to our youngest as a birthday present that way I WILL need to buy the D5100 or better.
One can live in hope!!
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Let me know if you suceed! I'm not sure I'd be brave enough for that.

Honestly, I'm not sure what most people use bracketing for, I've never seen the point...

(And don't say HDR - I'm not getting into another argument about why +3/-3 isn't good enough for decent HDR!!!)
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Old 14-04-11, 06:10 PM
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Let me know if you suceed! I'm not sure I'd be brave enough for that.

Honestly, I'm not sure what most people use bracketing for, I've never seen the point...

(And don't say HDR - I'm not getting into another argument about why +3/-3 isn't good enough for decent HDR!!!)

Hi Chris,

I have found bracketing to be really valuable when trying to capture an underexposed foreground or an overexposed sky, that just can't be achieved with one exposure. I always set the camera to continuos shooting mode, that way if I'm hand held the three images I get will be almost perfectly lined up, which in turn means less alignment errors for photoshop to worry about.

Rick.
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Old 14-04-11, 06:34 PM
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Look up bracketing in your user manual.
Ah! I didn't know that, but then Nikon wouldn't let me download the manual without putting in the serial number of my D3100 I don't have. Strange, as they use to allow me to do that.
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Ah! I didn't know that, but then Nikon wouldn't let me download the manual without putting in the serial number of my D3100 I don't have. Strange, as they use to allow me to do that.
You can still download the non-printable version without having to enter a serial number. As this is a pdf file why would you want to print it out anyway?

Pdfs can be viewed on such a variety of devices these days that using all that toner/ink and paper just to have a copy in your hand seems a huge waste to me.
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Old 15-04-11, 09:28 AM
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You can still download the non-printable version without having to enter a serial number. As this is a pdf file why would you want to print it out anyway?

Pdfs can be viewed on such a variety of devices these days that using all that toner/ink and paper just to have a copy in your hand seems a huge waste to me.
Always download the PDF version, which is regarded as printing a soft copy, so no toner or paper is used.
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Always download the PDF version, which is regarded as printing a soft copy, so no toner or paper is used.
So the non-printable version is just fine then...
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