Konica Minolta dimage z5 User Manual

This mode makes a three-image bracket of a scene.
Bracketing is a method of taking a series of images of a sta-
tic subject in which each image has a slight variation in
exposure. The bracketing mode is set in section 1 of the
recording menus.

Immediately after selecting the bracketing option on the
menu, a selection screen is displayed to select the bracket-
ing increment. 

Press the left/right keys of the controller to select the brack-
eting increment. Press the central button of the controller to
set the value. To change the increment, select the bracketing
drive mode again with the menu.

Compose the picture as described in the basic recording
operation section (p. 22). 

Press the shutter-release button partway down (1) to lock
the focus exposure for the series. 

Press and hold the shutter-release button all the way down
(2) to make the bracket series; three consecutive images will
be captured. Focus is locked with the first frame.

Number of frames in
bracketing series

Frame counter

When using exposure compensation (p. 41), the bracketing series will be made in relation to the
compensated exposure. Under extreme conditions, one of the bracketed exposures may be inaccu-
rate because it is outside the exposure control range of the camera.

The remaining number of frames in the bracket series is dis-
played on the monitor next to the bracketing indicator. If the
memory is filled or the shutter button is released before the
series has completed, the camera will reset and the entire
bracket must be made again. The flash cannot be used with
the bracketing drive mode.

The order of the bracket series is normal exposure, underexposure, and overexposure. The expo-
sure bracket can be made in 0.3 or 0.5 Ev increments. The larger the number, the greater the differ-
ence in exposure between the images in the bracketed series.

0.3 Ev
bracket

0.5 Ev
bracket

Normal

Under

Over

Ev stands for exposure value. A change of
one Ev adjusts the exposure calculated by
the camera by a factor of two. 

+2.0 Ev
+1.0 Ev
±0.0 Ev

–1.0 Ev
–2.0 Ev

4X as much light
2X as much light

1/2 as much light
1/4 as much light

Calculated exposure

2

1