Exposure bracketing expansion - 0,-3EV,+3EV anyone?

[duartix]

Cheers community!

There have been some extraordinary efforts here unlocking the video capabilities of the GH1 with notable success! These are praisable. :dankk2:

In this case I wonder if there was similar interest in raising the photographic experience too.

As popular as HDR has become (in most cases because of sensor/camera limitations) I was wondering if anyone other than me was interested in having shorter brackets (ex: just 3 captures) with higher ranges such as:
0,-3EV,+3EV.

As it is right now the largest range is -2EV, +2EV and you need 7 brackets at 2/3EV apart. This is close to usable for landscaping (even though the captures are more than 2s apart) but unsuitable even for slow moving subjects. :(

Anyone else looking for this?

Thanks for looking and keep up the great work! :)

[Jalad]

Please, yes. This would be fantastic.

[duartix]

Anyone else?
I might be wrong but at first sight, this looks like an easy hack...

[zacros]

Would certainly be interested - albeit on the G1 and G2 aswell :)

[weaponsofthenow]

Would be awesome if it could happen!

[Vitaliy Kiselev]

Please read development thread.
It has explanation why it is not an easy hack.
It'll be easy in case of firmware had two values - frame numbers and EV step.
But firmware do not have such values stored directly.
I know how to set frame numbers for any selected mode.
But EV step is hard coded and buried inside low level things.

[svecher]

Vitaliy, is it possible to have camera release shutter automatically for the full auto-bracketing sequence instead of waiting for manual shutter release?

[duartix]

From someone that knows little about it, it seemed like an easy hack...A shame then... :(

[Jalad]

A shame - this would have been a great upgrade to the camera. Please keep an eye out for these buried values while you're digging up other things!

[thekwijibo]

Please read development thread.
It has explanation why it is not an easy hack.
It'll be easy in case of firmware had two values - frame numbers and EV step.
But firmware do not have such values stored directly.
I know how to set frame numbers for any selected mode.
But EV step is hard coded and buried inside low level things.

Would it be possible to set a different frame number for the +2-2 range in autobracketing? Instead of 7 exposures, just do 3?(+2,0,-2) This would drastically reduce the amount of time to create a HDR, especially useful with non-static subjects. Would it be possible to truncate the other 4 exposures?