Newbie question regarding HDR.

*kippa2001 Nov 13, 2012

Just before I take a bracketed set I half press the button to meter and focus. After that with my finger still pressed half on the button do I turn the autofocus off on the lens then take the photographs?

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*Leucareth Nov 15, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I leave the autofocus on for all my shots, you just have to make sure you either brace yourself and hold very still or better still use a tripod

~SkankinMike Nov 14, 2012

Use 1 RAW and alter the exposure on that.

~KingStephenArthur Nov 13, 2012 Student Photographer

you could just turn autofocus off before you do all of that?

~GaryTaffinder Nov 13, 2012

Autofocus shouldn't refocus for each shot in a autobracket sequence..
I never have a problem with my HDR images from autobracket even if i don't use a tripod.
Photomatix will align the images anyway if you select that option

Hope that helps..

*kippa2001 Nov 13, 2012

Thanks. Every time I do shots in autobracket mode I turn off the autofocus just incase it tries to refocus between shots.

*Olda-G Nov 13, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

You generally don't want the focus or exposure readings changing during the bracket so it is best to prevent this in some way. How you do that is camera specific so you might do a google search on exposure bracketing or autobracketing in the Canon 7D. There are plenty of clever people out there who have figured out how to do things optimally for various cameras (beyond what is in the manual).

Contacting pingallery was a good idea. I love her work and have gotten good suggestions from her.

~rcooper102 Nov 13, 2012

Yes, absolutely shoot your HDR in manual focus. If the focus is slightly different between each image you will get ghosting

*kippa2001 Nov 13, 2012

Thought so. Just wanted to make sure. Ta.

*zemimsky Nov 13, 2012 Professional Photographer

I don't think so - i know that some soft blurs are done digitally in the software - this is just my basic logic regarding all photography, though. Maybe ask Pingallery ? [link] she is very much into HDR and her stuff is to die for gorgeous

*kippa2001 Nov 13, 2012

Thanks for the link. Just sent here a message.

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