The Fujifilm X-E2: Beyond the Manual by Rico Pfirstinger

Author:Rico Pfirstinger [Pfirstinger, Rico]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2014-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

Fig. 24:  Nightly scenes with bright city lights and high contrast can benefit from a fixed DR400% setting in order to preserve color and texture in the highlights

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Creating HDR images with the X-E2

A popular method of capturing high-contrast scenes is HDR photography. HDR means High Dynamic Range: multiple images of the scene are taken at different exposure levels and then merged into a single image with extended dynamic range. The latter can be facilitated with specialized software such as HDR Efex Pro by NIK/Google or Photomatix Pro by HDRsoft.

Typically, HDR requires a minimum of three different exposures of a scene, but some photographers don’t stop there. They take five, seven, or even nine different exposures, each separated from the other by (usually) one stop or EV (exposure value).

Here’s a procedure that you can use to quickly generate nine different exposures of a scene:

Put the X-E2 on a sturdy tripod or a similar device.

Connect a remote shutter release or set the self-timer to 2 seconds in order to avoid camera shake and shutter shock.

Set the camera to aperture priority A.

Choose a low ISO setting (such as 200). Don’t use ISO 100, though!

Deactivate any DR expansion by setting the dynamic range to DR100%.

Select a suitable aperture for your shot and scene and use manual focus. This ensures that all nine images will be focused exactly the same. If you like, you can also use adapted manual focus lenses.

Select DRIVE button > AE BKT > ± 1 to activate the camera’s auto exposure bracketing with a variation of ± 1 EV.

Select either MULTI or AVERAGE exposure metering.

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