Can the Canon EOS 600D bracket exposures for HDR?
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I want to shoot several exposures on a Canon EOS 600D to merge into an HDR image later. I found the custom function for exposure level increments (1/3-stop or 1/2-stop), but I’m not sure if that means the camera can shoot images above and below the metered exposure automatically. Can the 600D do exposure bracketing for HDR, and are there any limits?
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Yes, it can - the option you're after is "auto exposure bracketing" (AEB), which can most easily be configured from the quick menu - select the meter (the -3 to +3 scale), press "SET", then turn the control wheel. At this point, the little indicator marker should split into three, which will mean that the next three shots the camera takes will have normal exposure, under exposure and over exposure, with the difference in exposure being selectable. For more details, see page 105 the manual. Note that this is more flexible than just plus or minus one stop - you can do other values from 1/3 of a stop to 2 stops (or maybe more - 2 stops is the limit on the 550D) if you want to.
The custom function you found is unrelated to this - that allows you to select whether you get 1/2 or 1/3 stop increments when changing shutter speed or aperture.
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Yes. The Canon EOS 600D can shoot exposure brackets using Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB), which is what you want for HDR source images.
The 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop setting you found is not HDR or multiple-exposure mode; it only changes the step size used for exposure adjustments.
With AEB, the 600D will take a set of 3 frames: one at normal exposure, one underexposed, and one overexposed. You can choose the bracket spacing, typically in increments from 1/3 stop up to about 2 stops. The number of shots in the bracket is fixed at 3.
Important limits:
- It does not combine the images into HDR in-camera.
- It does not offer true in-camera multiple exposure compositing.
- If you need more than 3 bracketed shots or a wider exposure range, you’ll need to do additional shots manually.
Set AEB from the camera menu or quick menu by selecting the exposure scale and adjusting the bracket amount, then shoot the three frames and merge them later in software.
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