Nikon D5000 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Bracketing automatically varies exposure, Active D-Lighting, or white balance slightly
with each shot, "bracketing" the current value. Choose in situations in which it is
difficult to set exposure, Active D-Lighting, or white balance and there is not time to
check results and adjust settings with each shot, or to experiment with different
settings for the same subject.
Choose a bracketing option.
Pressthe MENUbutton to display the menus,
highlight Custom Setting e2 (Auto
bracketing set), and press I_.
Highlight one of the following options and
press _).
MENUbutton
Option Description
AE AEbracketing Vary exposure over a series of three photographs.
Each time the shutter is released, the camera creates three images,
WB
each with a different white balance. Not available at image quality
WB bracketing settings that include NEF (RAW).
ADL Take one photograph with Active D-Lighting off, the other at the
_'!_ bracketing current setting for Active D-Lighting.
[] Exposure Bracketing
The camera modifies exposure by varying shutter speed and aperture (mode P),aperture
(mode S),or shutter speed (modes Aand M). If On isselected for ISOsensitivity auto control
(_ 149) in modes P,S,and A,the camera will automatically vary ISOsensitivity for optimum
exposure when the limits of the camera exposure system are exceeded. In mode M,shutter
speed will only be changed after the camera hasadjusted ISOsensitivity.
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