XT2 Bracketed exposures

[miguel]

As you all know once bracket exposures has been set up in the Drive menu, you turn the Drive dial to Bracket, press the shutter once and hey presto it takes 3 bracketed images.

 

If you keep your finger on the shutter, the camera sounds like its continually firing a motorised sequence, brilliant I thought, motorised bracketed exposures, just what I want.

But alas, when you check your sd card you only have 3 exposures, not the 10 or more you thought.

 

Is this me or is it normal on the xt2?

 

Without a firmware upgrade is there another way to motorised bracketed exposures? other than prodding the shutter rapidly.

 

 

Michael

[GillesC]

My D610 used to have the same behaviour.....

[JGPhotography]

Good question. I use luminosity masks to manually blend exposures and I find myself needing a few extra shots than the three Fuji allows. Even when I change the shutter speed and do the brackets again, enough time has elapsed where most of the clouds have changed position.

[Adam Woodhouse]

Bracketing on this camera is 3 images.  Default exposure, then one brighter then one darker.  

 

When the camera is in burst mode, you get the intended 3 pic's for that one scene but if you continue to hold the shutter button, the camera will start a new series of 3 and keep doing that over and over.  Unfortunately it doesn't work in a way that every image you take in burst mode is a slightly different exposure.

[miguel]

Hi Adam,

 

I agree in principle with your scenario but when I fire the brackets like that, yes I get lots

of burst activity whilst holding down the shutter, but when I check my newly formatted sd card, there are only three images on it.

 

The only way to get a second set of three images is to release the shutter then press it again.

 

Could you please try this on your xt2

 

Michael

[Adam Woodhouse]

Oh ... I see what you are saying.  I'll try to test myself and see what happens.

[MirrorMirror]

I know it's not the same camera, but on my XT10 when I change to bracketed exposure via the drive dial I press the shutter and get 3 bracketed shots, complete with the noise of three consecutive shutter activations. I must admit to thinking it's the way it should work.

If I press continually nothing further happens, no noise, no further shots, just the end of the process.

 

If I ever wanted to take 3 more shots I'd release the shutter and press again.

Edited December 15, 2016 by MirrorMirror

[miguel]

Mirror Mirror

 

Does it do the same if you have CH or CL continuous set or is this in single shot?

[MirrorMirror]

Mirror Mirror

Does it do the same if you have CH or CL continuous set or is this in single shot?

With the XT10 the bracket selection and CH/CL are on the same dial, so you can't select bracket and continuous at the same time. I thought that was the same configuration as the XT2? Edited December 15, 2016 by MirrorMirror

[miguel]

Hi,

 

My mistake, you are right, so dont understand why I only get 3 images ?

[MirrorMirror]

When you say you get lots of burst activity do you mean more than three shutter activations? Three is all I get and all I would expect - one press of the button = 3 rapid fire shutter activations.

[miguel]

No, the shutter keeps firing for as long as you hold it down, at the end od 20,30,40 exposures I only end up with 3 images on the sd card.

[Adam Woodhouse]

On my XT2, when I set the mode dial to bracketing and press and hold the shutter release, only 3 frames are taken.  The camera does not continue on and on as long as I hold the shutter down.

[miguel]

Adam,

 

Thanks for tsking the time to test for me, I will have to do a bit more investigating.

 

Michael

[Adam Woodhouse]

I don't know if would make any difference or not, but if you aren't running latest firmware on the body, make sure to update.  If you are, see if you can reinstall it.  Otherwise, sounds like a problem and will need to be brought in for servicing if you find it to be a problem.  Otherwise, it's just an odd quirk.

[miguel]

I have not updated the firmware as yet as I am on location in the UK and away from my Mac which is in Seville, will do so when I return.

 

Many thanks

Michael

[MirrorMirror]

Depends on when you bought it but I wouldn't recommend a repair/service. You've spent a lot of money on this camera, insist on a replacement - if it's faulty; and it sounds like it is.

[aladroer]

Although it is constantly said that Fujifilm listens to its customers, we have been constantly asking (in my case since 2012) for more than 3 pictures bracketing. After more than 4 years, Fuji has finally allowed us to make a +-2 EV bracketing in the X-T2. When will we have the possibility to take, at least, up to 5 pictures? This shouldn't be that difficult!