Nikon Camera D7100 Users Manual

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Bracketing
Bracketing automatically varies exposure, flash level, Active  D-L ighting (ADL), or 
white balance slightly with each shot, “bracketing” the current value.
 Choose in 
situations in which it is difficult to se t exposure, flash level (i-TTL and, where 
supported, auto aperture flash control mo des only; see pages 122, 246, and 305), 
white balance, or Active D-Lighting and there is not time to check results and adjust 
settings with each shot, or to experiment wi th different settings...

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3Select a bracketing increment.
Pressing the D button and rotate the sub-command dial to choose a 
bracketing increment.
The bracketing programs with an increment of 
1/3EV are listed below:
Bracketing 
increment
D  button Sub-command dial Control panel
Control panel displayNo. of shotsBracketing order (EVs)
3 0/+0.3/+0.7
3 0/–0.7/–0.3
20/+0.3
20/–0.3
3 0/–0.3/+0.3
5 0/–0.7/–0.3/+0.3/+0.7
ASee Also
For information on choosing the size of the increment, see Custom Setting b2 ( EV 
steps for exposure...

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4Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.
The camera will vary exposure and/or flash level shot-by-
shot according to the bracketing program selected.
 
Modifications to exposure are added to those made with 
exposure compensation (086), making it possible to achieve exposure 
compensation values of more than 5 EV.
While bracketing is in effe ct, a bracketing progress indicator will be displayed in 
the control panel.
 A segment will disappear from the indicator after each shot.
To cancel bracketing,...

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AExposure and Flash Bracketing
In continuous low speed and continuous high speed release modes, shooting will pause 
after the number of shots specified in the bracketing program have been taken.
 Shooting 
will resume the next time the shutter-release button is pressed.
 In self-timer mode, the 
camera will take the number of shots selected in Step 2 on page 133 each time the shutter-
release button is pressed, regardless of the option selected for Custom Setting c3 ( Self-
timer ) > Number of...

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❚❚White Balance Bracketing
The camera creates multiple copies of each photograph, each with a different white 
balance.
 For more information on white balance, see page 89.
1Select white balance bracketing.
Choose  WB bracketing  for Custom Setting e6  Auto 
bracketing set .
2Choose the number of shots.
Pressing the D button, rotate the main command dial to choose the number 
of shots in the bracketing sequence and the order in which they will be taken.
D  will be displayed in the  viewfinder (see...

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3Select a white balance increment.
Pressing the D button, rotate the sub-command dial to choose from 
increments of 1 (5 mired;  093), 2 (10 mired), or 3 (15 mired).
 The  B value 
indicates the amount of blue, the  A value the amount of amber ( 091).
The bracketing programs with an increment of 1 are listed below.
4Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.
Each shot will be processed to create the number of 
copies specified in the bracketing program, and 
each copy will have a different white...

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❚❚ADL Bracketing
The camera varies Active D-Lighting over a series of exposures. For more information 
on Active D-Lighting, see page 113.
1Select ADL bracketing.
Choose  ADL bracketing  for Custom Setting e6  Auto 
bracketing set .
2Choose the number of shots.
Pressing the D button, rotate the main command dial to choose the number 
of shots in the bracketing sequence.
 Choose two shots to take one photograph 
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3Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.
The camera will vary Active D-Lighting shot-by-shot 
according to the bracketing program selected.
 While 
bracketing is in effect, a bracketing progress indicator will 
be displayed in the control panel.
 A segment will 
disappear from the indicator after each shot: if the 
bracketing program contains two shots, the indicator will 
change from   to  , while if the program contains three 
shots the indicator will change from   to   to  .
To cancel bracketing,...

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Multiple Exposure
Follow the steps below to record a series of two or three exposures in a single 
photograph.
 Multiple exposures produce colors  noticeably superior to those in 
software-generated photographic overlays created from existing images.
❚❚ Creating a Multiple Exposure
Multiple exposures can not be recorded in live view. Exit live view before proceeding.
1Select  Multiple exposure  in the 
shooting menu.
Press the  G button to display the menus. 
Highlight  Multiple exposure  in the...

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2Select a mode.
Highlight Multiple exposure mode  and 
press  2.
Highlight one of the following and press  J.
• To take a series of multiple exposures , select 
6 On (series) .
 Multiple exposure 
shooting will continue until you select  Off 
for  Multiple exposure mode .
• To take one multiple exposure , select On 
(single photo) .
 Normal shooting will resume automatically after you have 
created a single multiple exposure.
• To exit without creating additional multiple exposures , select Off.
If...