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Ivan

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I have a D3100 camera is there a way to take hdr with it.



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Hi Ivan, and welcome to the forums. Short answer: yes, there is, but you have to do it manually. The camera won't do it for you. 

 

 

To do HDR, you need to make multiple exposures and then blend them in a processing program such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop. This is relatively easy to do with many Nikon cameras that will do auto-bracketing. Unfortunately, the D3100 does not appear to have this feature. But that doesn't stop you from making your own set of manually set exposures to blend. I have no idea what level of photographer you are, so I'm not sure if you need bracketing explained or not...let us all know if you need help with that.



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Ivan

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Thank you Nikonian. I am an enthusiastic beginner. I understand I need to do it manually but I am not sure how to expose for the different shots.

Any help would be appreciated. ;)



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Camera on the tripod, manual exposure mode, manual focus, fixed ISO. Change shutter speed to produce images with different exposure.

 

Then combine the images on the computer.



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Camera on the tripod, manual exposure mode, manual focus, fixed ISO. Change shutter speed to produce images with different exposure.

Then combine the images on the computer.


There is no need for manual modes if you're not comfortable with them (manual focus is a pain in dslr).

A mode (aperture priority). Set your AE-L button to exposure Lock and Hold. Then:

1.) Press shutter button half way to set focus and exposure.

 

2.) Switch to manual focus.

2.) Press AE-L button to lock and hold the exposure.

3.) Take multiple shots, dialing various exposure compensation up and down for each shot. You'll want to cover a range of shots from about 2 stops down to two stops up... sometimes more.

Or just chimp on the LCD to make sure the brightest areas are underexposed at least 1 stop for the down limit, and the darkest areas are well defined/exposed for the upper limit. Take however many photos it takes, given a half to 2/3 of a stop increments to cover that range.



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Isn't it better to use aperture priority? Changing aperture in the series can produce ghosting.



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Isn't it better to use aperture priority?

 

Doh! Of course... shutter speed is the variable you want to change... but somehow I dyslexed priority.

 

Also, the D3100 doesn't have a exposure/focus lock/hold (only exposure lock/hold).

 

Previously posted gibberish corrected.



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Thank you all for your help. I will certainly be out practicing and I will get it right with your tips. again many thanks