If you have a problem with the highlights in your landscape images
of being blown out, or you want to create HDR shots,
this video is for you.
In this video I'm going to show you how to set up
automatic exposure bracketing on a Canon EOS R.
But the process is very similar on any other EOS R series camera,
like the R5 and R6.
So, what is Automatic Exposure Bracketing?
Simply put, your camera takes multiple shots
at different exposures, so all the Shadow, Midtone, and Highlight is captured.
Those images can then be combined in software to create a single image
with more details than a normal shot.
I'll demonstrate what's probably the most popular setup where you take three shots.
That’s a normally exposed shot, bracketed by two others, one that's
two stops underexposed, and the other that's two stops overexposed.
And I'll show you
how you can take all three shots with one press of the shutter button.
With the camera turned on,
press the Mode button on the top right of the camera.
Although you can use Automatic Exposure Bracketing with Flexible priority
Programme, Shutter priority and Aperture
priority, we'll use Manual exposure mode.
So choose M, then press Set
or the Mode button to save the mode.
Next, press the Menu button and navigate to the third page of the red camera menu.
Or just tap the red camera tab and then the number three.
You want the first item on the page Expo.
Comp./AEB.
Either tap on it or press the Set button.
On the page that opens, you'll see something that looks like the exposure
level indicator that's usually near the bottom of your normal shooting screen.
The numbers represent the exposure stops
above or below the normal exposure.
The dots between the numbers are one third of a stop increments.
We want to bracket the correct exposure by two stops.
So start to roll the vertical scroll wheel to the right by six clicks.
Because we've dialled in two stops between the correct
and bracketed exposure, the total exposure range is four stops.
To save this tap Set/OK in the bottom right of the screen
or press the Set button.
Finally, press the Menu button to exit the menu
and return to your normal shooting screen.
You'll see the exposure level indicator at the bottom of the screen
with a line below the zero and a line
under the minus two and plus two.
Those two extra lines indicate the exposure of your bracketed shots.
Now, this isn't the only
way to enable Automatic Exposure Bracketing.
I have seen plenty of people using the info button.
You press it repeatedly until you see the black screen with camera settings.
Then press the Set button or tap Q on the screen.
Tap the exposure metre and roll the vertical
scroll wheel to the right by six clicks.
This will move the bracket indicators to plus and minus two, meaning
you're bracketed by two stops either side of your normal exposure.
If you overshoot, roll the wheel back to the left
until the metre indicates two stops of bracketing.
Finally, tap the return arrow in the bottom left of the display
and press the info button to return to the normal screen display.
You could now start taking your bracketed shots, but if you're in single shot mode,
each shot would require a separate press of the shutter button.
If you want all three shots to fire automatically,
you'll need to be in one of the continuous shooting drive modes
or choose one of the shutter delay modes.
When in continuous shooting mode, you'll have to hold down
the shutter button until all three shots have been taken,
which can introduce some camera shake on longer exposures.
The preference is there for the 2 second shutter delay,
so you can press the shutter, let go, and after 2
seconds, your three shots will be taken automatically.
To select the 2 second delay, press the Q or Quick Control
button to open the Quick Control menu.
On the left side of the screen
one of the items will be your current drive selection.
Tap to select drive mode.
From the row of icons that appear at the bottom of the screen
highlight the 2 second delay, then press the Q button
to enable your selection and exit to your shooting screen.
You're now ready to fire off your bracketed shots.
After pressing the shutter button you'll get a countdown beep
and the AF assist light will flash.
If you
also have a top display, like the EOS R and R5
you'll also see a number countdown.
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