Why does Nikon D500 Live View show the middle exposure histogram during bracketing?
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On a Nikon D500 in Manual mode, I have auto exposure bracketing set so the first frame is underexposed. In Live View, I set exposure for that first underexposed frame, but the Live View exposure preview/histogram appears to show the metered middle exposure instead. For example, if my first bracketed frame is 1/100 sec, Live View looks more like 1/25 sec, and after shooting the bracket the recorded first image histogram is about 2 EV darker than what Live View showed. Is there a way to make the D500 display the histogram for the first bracketed exposure instead of the center exposure?
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Pretty much every camera I've ever used that has an exposure bracketing feature always shows the value for the middle exposure. Apparently it is more or less a de facto industry standard.
Most cameras will allow you to select the order the images are taken. You can choose either -, 0, + or 0, -, +. The later is the default setting for most cameras with AEB. But either way, if you are displaying a histogram in Live View, the middle value will be the one displayed.
For most cameras the vertical lines on the histogram are two stops apart.
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This is normal behavior, not a fault. On cameras with auto exposure bracketing, the Live View exposure preview and histogram generally show the center (0 EV) exposure of the bracketed set, even if you choose the shooting order as -, 0, +.
So on your D500, when bracketing is active, Live View is expected to preview the middle frame rather than the first underexposed frame. After capture, the individual images will still be recorded at the correct bracketed exposures.
In short: there usually isn’t a fix or setting to make Live View show the first bracketed frame’s histogram instead of the middle one. If you need to judge the underexposed frame specifically, you’ll need to account for the bracket offset mentally or review the captured image histogram afterward.
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