increasing AEB number of shots ?

[buggz]

Any tricks for increasing the number of shots AEB does?
I guess this can be done remotely via EOS utility, to change settings w/o touching the camera?

[Tiger_993]

Most of the Canon line only offers 3 shot brackets. I think maybe the 1Ds MkIII does a 7 or 9 shot bracket though. Honestly, since many of the HDR apps out there have an automated alignment function, I simply adjust the camera on the tripod, knowing that any small wiggles will get fixed during processing. Using EOS Utility in the field would be pretty limiting for me.

[AveEye]

This subject is exactly the reason I came to this site. What I have been doing to compensate for the fact that my Canon only has a 3 shot bracket option has been to set the initial bracket as +1, 0, -1 and then I set it again at +2, 0, -2. This gives me 5 shots that I can use for HDR. I find that to be ample for what I need although I usually also grab three more shots with a different white balance setting. (I do Real Estate photography so I'm using a lot of natural light as well as the lighting inside the house, usually tungsten bulbs.) I obviously have to use a tripod to do this and have to have that tripod LOCKED UP TIGHT!! If you want to use your AEB setting but get more than three shots, I think this is your best bet.

[canonloader]

All the Canon 1D bodies have a Personal Function to set the AEB number from 2, 3, 5, and 7 shots. And it will do them in high speed burst, 8fps. You need the Firewire and EOS Utility to get to it though, to set it. I have my MkIIn set to 7 and it works very fine.

When I had the 40D, you can set a 3 shot AEB, use high speed burst, on a tripod with a remote cord. In Av Mode, you can set the AEB to one stop spread, but you can then also use the rear wheel to set Exposure Compensation as you would normally. So what you do is, set in the 3 shot AEB at 1 stop. -1, 0, +1. Then, dial the rear wheel to move the +1 mark to the left, so it is at the old -1 mark. The old -1 pipper slides to the left and goes right off the scale. Not to worry, it is still there and working, at -3, you just can't see it.

Now, with the remote, blow off 3 quick shots, dial the rear wheel so the "old" -1 comes right to the old 0 mark and blow off 3 more. What you get is 6 shots, one stop apart, and no duplicates.

In practice, that 1 second it takes to dial the new position will make things like moving clouds have a "noticable" gap in their positions between shot #3 and #4 and it will cause Photomatix to make a smear in the center of the sky area when it renders the 6 shot HDR. When I got my MkIIn and was shooting faster moving clouds at 7 shots in under a second and no gap, this smear went away in Photomatix. I guess PM is able to align them somehow when there is no gap, even though they do not all align properly.

[eviltech]

i like that tip on the 40d, thanx

[canonloader]

I'm just passing it on. I believe I saw it explained in here awhile back. :)

[Scottes]

I like this trick:

How to get 9 shots in AEB on Canon 40D
http://bitsbuzz.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-get-9-shots-in-aeb-on-canon-40d.html

[Tony-S]

I don't know why it's necessary. I've never had a need for more than three, and that's from white clouds down to almost black shadows.