How do I make exposure bracketing fire the full sequence and stop on a Nikon D7500?
Asked 12/26/2018
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On my older Nikon D80, if I enabled auto bracketing and held the shutter button down, the camera would shoot the entire bracketed sequence as quickly as possible and then stop automatically. On my Nikon D7500, I’m not seeing the same behavior: it either takes bracketed shots one at a time or keeps shooting instead of stopping when the bracket is finished. Is there a setting I need to change, or does the D7500 not support this behavior?
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You should be able to automatically shoot the correct number of shots as per your old D80.
I have a D7500 and have been regularly been shooting scenes using bracketing, and it shoots the complete set of images and then stops.
A typical bracketing solution for me is:
Hold down the BKT button, and use the "Main command dial" (rear dial) to select the number of shots. Also use the "sub command dial" (front dial) to select the EV separation. (Currently I am using 5F/1.0 to shoot 5 shots that are -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 EVs around my base exposure)
Select either CL or CH on the "Release mode dial". (I am normally using CL for my subjects)
Doing that is all that I need to do to shoot the desired number of shots when I hold down the shutter release.
Could you have modified other bracketing settings in the Custom menu like the d1 CL mode shooting speed, or the d2 Max continuous release? etc. I'd recommend doing a factory reset on your camera and setting up bracketing again.
Finally, if you don't firmly hold down the shutter release during a bracketing sequence then the camera will stop taking that sequence. That actually happened to me this morning.
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Yes—the D7500 should do this. To have it shoot the full bracketed sequence and then stop, set up bracketing and use a continuous release mode.
Typical setup:
- Hold the BKT button.
- Use the main/rear command dial to choose the number of bracketed shots.
- Use the sub/front command dial to choose the exposure increment.
- Set the release mode dial to CL or CH.
With that combination, holding the shutter button should make the camera fire the selected number of bracketed frames and then stop automatically.
For example, a 5-frame bracket at 1 EV spacing would give exposures around the base exposure such as -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 EV.
If yours is not behaving that way, it suggests a setting may have been changed, because the D7500 is expected to perform the sequence automatically in CL or CH.
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