109The Shooting MenuMenu GuideAuto BracketingIn some situations, you may find it difficult toselect appropriate exposure-compensation andwhite-balance settings, and yet not have time tocheck the results and adjust settings after eachshot. Auto bracketing can be used to vary thesesettings automatically over a series of pictures,“bracketing” a selected exposure-compensationor white-balance setting.OffAuto bracketingWB bracketingAUTO BRACKETINGOption DescriptionOffAutobracketingCamera varies exposure with each shot, bracketing current exposurecompensation value (autoexposure bracketing; 36).Restores normal exposure and white balance.WBbracketingCamera takes three shots each time shutter-release button is fullypressed, bracketing current white balance setting to produce one pic-ture with normal white balance, one picture with reddish cast, and onepicture with bluish cast. Recording time roughly triples. Use when un-sure of appropriate value for white balance.Restrictions on Auto BracketingAutoexposure bracketing can not be used in combination with a shutter speed of BULBor TIME ( 104), BSS ( 97), exposure BSS ( 97), AE lock ( 103), noise reduction( 111), or with Continuous settings of Multi-shot 16, Ultra HS, or 5 shot buffer( 63).White balance bracketing can not be used in combination with BSS ( 97), exposureBSS ( 97), AE lock ( 103), noise reduction ( 111), an image quality of HI ( 54),Black&white ( 67), or with Continuous settings other than Single ( 63).Auto BracketingWhen autoexposure bracketing is in effect, a iconis displayed in the monitor with the selected exposureincrement.When white balance bracketing is in effect, andicons appear in the monitor.
