Help finding my Brackets in Bridge

I know this might sound dumb. I just recently upgraded from a Canon T3 to a Shiny New 7D.
when I used to do bracketed photos on my T3, bridge would show the +2, -2 for each photo in the meta box on the right when an image was selected.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but my 7D doesnt show that. Some of you may say just do it by eye, however i shot like 400 photos last night of the same subject and as I scroll to some of the pics in the middle of the shoot, they get confusing cause theyre so similar.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Michael

MichaelLynn wrote in post #15982457
I know this might sound dumb. I just recently upgraded from a Canon T3 to a Shiny New 7D.
when I used to do bracketed photos on my T3, bridge would show the +2, -2 for each photo in the meta box on the right when an image was selected.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but my 7D doesnt show that. Some of you may say just do it by eye, however i shot like 400 photos last night of the same subject and as I scroll to some of the pics in the middle of the shoot, they get confusing cause theyre so similar.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Michael

Does the 0Ev show in the meta window on the right and do all three shots of the bracketed set show 0Ev? If your shots are confusing because they are so similar, maybe they are similar. My only thought off hand is perhaps you have auto iso enabled. If so, the camera will adjust the iso for each of the bracketed images to try to give the correct exposure even though the meta shows each image shot at a different shutter speed.

navydoc wrote in post #15982538
Does the 0Ev show in the meta window on the right and do all three shots of the bracketed set show 0Ev? If your shots are confusing because they are so similar, maybe they are similar. My only thought off hand is perhaps you have auto iso enabled. If so, the camera will adjust the iso for each of the bracketed images to try to give the correct exposure even though the meta shows each image shot at a different shutter speed.

I had my ISO set to 100, nothings changed since i had the T3 other than the upgrade to 7D

Don't know if being in full manual mode causes that, that was the only difference and i shot them in Live View

Manual mode and live view shouldn't matter. The only other thing I can think of off hand is if you're shooting near max shutter speed so that perhaps your -- and +2 shots are both 1/8000th.

I assume you're using the same technique shooting manual mode with the 7D as you did with the T3 and that to increase exposure by two stops for example means turning the shutter speed dial six clicks (using camera default 1/3 stop increments)

navydoc wrote in post #15982579
Manual mode and live view shouldn't matter. The only other thing I can think of off hand is if you're shooting near max shutter speed so that perhaps your -- and +2 shots are both 1/8000th.

I assume you're using the same technique shooting manual mode with the 7D as you did with the T3 and that to increase exposure by two stops for example means turning the shutter speed dial six clicks (using camera default 1/3 stop increments)

My highest shutter speed on the -2 shot was 1/250th. I called canon and they were like that's adobes problem.... Uggh. They are usually great but maybe Lack bridge skills.

Hmm, the only other thing I could suggest is to try auto bracketing and see if that gives you the same results. Hopefully, someone else will chime in with a solution for you.

If your are shooting an identical scene using three different exposures, you should see three different looking images. If the meta data shows all three were taken at the same exposure and all three images look the same, there may be a problem with the camera.

I'm trying to make sense of what you're saying here... it would certainly be helpful if you stated which version of Bridge you're using.

MichaelLynn wrote in post #15982457
I know this might sound dumb. I just recently upgraded from a Canon T3 to a Shiny New 7D.
when I used to do bracketed photos on my T3, bridge would show the +2, -2 for each photo in the meta box on the right when an image was selected.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but my 7D doesnt show that. Some of you may say just do it by eye, however i shot like 400 photos last night of the same subject and as I scroll to some of the pics in the middle of the shoot, they get confusing cause theyre so similar.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Michael

PixelMagic wrote in post #15982798
I'm trying to make sense of what you're saying here... it would certainly be helpful if you stated which version of Bridge you're using.

I'm using Bridge 5.1 and I've highlighted one of the images. In the meta data top left box on the right side of the screen used to show the -2, +2 etc, i hope i clarified this better now.

I'm not seeing where the problem lies. I have never looked for the -2, +2 etc., it is clear to see which is which.

The images you show in your screen capture are quite plain which is which, you have two sets of three. 1357-59 is one set with (in order) 0,-2,+2 then 1360-62 is the other set, again 0,-2,+2 in that order.

You don't need the metadata displayed to see which have less exposure and which have more, it is obvious just looking at them.

MichaelLynn wrote in post #15982551
Don't know if being in full manual mode causes that, that was the only difference......

I think you found your problem. How would Bridge know that there are 3 shots of the same subject with different settings and say one is -2ev or + 2ev. It has no way of knowing that info. It does show up when you use the auto-bracket because it knows this is the same shot at different exposures.

The current version of Adobe Bridge is 5.0.2.4....this is the version that runs with Adobe Bridge CS6. When you simply say Bridge 5.1 I'm not sure if you're referring to the CSx version or the actual version shown when clicking Help > About Bridge.

If you have Photoshop CS6, its advisable to update to the latest version. You do that by simply clicking Help > Updates from with Adobe Bridge and allow the Adobe Updater to download and install all available updates. You should also check to see that you have the latest version of Adobe Camera Raw for your version of Adobe Bridge (not that I think this affects how the metadata card is displayed).

You can also use the Stacks > Auto Stack Panoramas/HDR to group your shots into logical stacks based on the time recorded in the EXIF metadata. Exposure compensation isn't available when shooting Manual Mode so there wouldn't be any metadata to display unless you used one of the automatic modes.

MichaelLynn wrote in post #15982836
I'm using Bridge 5.1 and I've highlighted one of the images. In the meta data top left box on the right side of the screen used to show the -2, +2 etc, i hope i clarified this better now.

D Thompson wrote in post #15982916
I think you found your problem. How would Bridge know that there are 3 shots of the same subject with different settings and say one is -2ev or + 2ev. It has no way of knowing that info. It does show up when you use the auto-bracket because it knows this is the same shot at different exposures.

Please forgive me about lack of technical skills, I'm a first semester student, but on my camera (7D) I selected auto bracketing of 3 shots like in the past with my T3. When i hit the shutter it fired off the 3 shots like in the past.

DId I miss something, again I apologize if I'm coming off naive.

PixelMagic wrote in post #15982918
The current version of Adobe Bridge is 5.0.2.4....this is the version that runs with Adobe Bridge CS6. When you simply say Bridge 5.1 I'm not sure if you're referring to the CSx version or the actual version shown when clicking Help > About Bridge.

If you have Photoshop CS6, its advisable to update to the latest version. You do that by simply clicking Help > Updates from with Adobe Bridge and allow the Adobe Updater to download and install all available updates. You should also check to see that you have the latest version of Adobe Camera Raw for your version of Adobe Bridge (not that I think this affects how the metadata card is displayed).

You can also use the Stacks > Auto Stack Panoramas/HDR to group your shots into logical stacks based on the time recorded in the EXIF metadata.
At least it would be a workaround for your problem.

I'm using cs5 currently due to the fact the college is using that version, If i use cs6 at home it makes it complicated to work from both places