April 25th, 2010, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by FaradayCage
This is a bit disappointing, and I thought after scouring the manual before I bought that a single shutter press would trigger a series of 3 autobracketed exposures. No such luck! I can do this with a tiny ZS3 Panasonic P&S, so it seems a little sad. You can set the camera to sequential shot with autobracketing, and a single press, held down, will cause it to shoot three exposures autobracketed. I'm picturing a homemade jig of some kind, where you screw down something on a bracket wrapped around the camera, which presses the shutter release. On the other hand, I think holding down the button with just a finger won't work too well, looking at a few tests I've made after reading your post. I had better luck setting the shutter release to 2 sec self-timer, and manually adjusting EV with each shot. It sure is tricky.
A few more oddities. The little ZS3 can auto rotate a shot if you hold it vertically, but the E-PL1 won't AFAIK. Also, the ZS3 panorama feature assists you with little double exposures on either side of the frame, but you only get boxes on the E-PL1. Of course, the image quality spanks the pants off of P&S cameras, as I can already see after only two days. It will shoot infrared fine with an 89B filter, not as good as a dedicated camera but it definitely works. And I'm really liking the pop art filter.
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Not sure I understand you- it is possible to do a bracketed burst with the E-PL1 - just set to bracket and burst. What isn't possible is to have a delay first if you're using a tripod. You have to risk misalignment when you press (and hold) the shutter release.
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