Can the M8 do HDR photography?

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One of the things I like to do with my cameras is take HDR photos. That's where you take 3, 5, or 7 shots of the same thing, bracketing the exposure. There is special software that puts the final image together, using the best parts of each of the images.

Does the M8 have bracketing? How many shots in a row can it take? Can I do this in "burst" mode?

There's no need to see the images on the LCD. Since I know I can't vary the aperture automatically, can it do this by varying the shutter speed?

If the M8 can not do it, I'll continue to use the D2h and D3 series cameras, that do this perfectly.
 
I find it very hard to swallow, an M8 being used for HDR photography..
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Anyway, who cares if it actually brackets? Take a shot, adjust exposure up, take a shot, adjust exposure down... etc.
 
I think what he meant was please don't do it with an M8 because it'll frustrate you because the bracketing function is frankly (but not surprisingly) pretty "manual" (I did not say "crude"). You will need a tripod, I think, but I am not very schooled in good HDR field technique.
 
Interesting. I had very good luck with Tufuse and a single frame of 35mm film exposed before there was software.

HDR processing by itself isn't bad. It's what people do at the Tone Mapping stage that creates cartoon like photos. Tufuse doesn't have tone mapping. It's free too.
 
JNewell said:
I think what he meant was please don't do it with an M8 because it'll frustrate you because the bracketing function is frankly (but not surprisingly) pretty "manual" (I did not say "crude"). You will need a tripod, I think, but I am not very schooled in good HDR field technique.
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No, I think what he meant was that hdr is an abomination and that the world doesn't need more of it.

May I add: Please, please, please, please don't do it!

Btw, I may be wrong but I suspect that once the number of hdr pictures in the world has reached a critical mass, it will create a black hole that will destroy the universe.
 
No built in bracketing function. I am sure some would call the M8 a P/S camera if it had one ;-) But do you need different exposures? I read that many people do HDR with one raw file. Expose it in the raw converter with -1, 0, +1 and feed the results to the HDR-tool of your choice.
This is really the first time that I read about the combination of HDR and M8.
 
Don't buy the M8 for its HDR ability. It would be like using the fine china for a backyard barbeque. If you want a camera that processes HDR images, pick up a new Pentax K7, which can do in-camera HDR processing. Paper plates are better for burgers.
 
One of the people I do work for is the owner of a large hotel in Asia. He was shown some HDR photography, and fell in love with it. So, if I want to keep him happy, I get him what he wants.

The Nikon D2x is perfect at this - put it in bracketing mode, turn on high-speed shooting, press the button, and your pre-selected number of photos (3, 5, 7, 9) are taken automatically.

It doesn't matter if I like HDR or not, or you guys like it, or whether it's leading to the end of the world, if I don't get him his HDR images he'll just get them from the person that first showed them to him.
 
I like doing HDR. Not for the cartoon effect, but to get what a single frame can't capture, dynamic range wise. Museum photos froma tripod for example

The 'Oh God no, it's an abominaton' attitude is to be expected from people who still live in the fifties, a.k.a Leica purists. Small wonder most of them still refuse to shoot in color.

Anyway, I don't own a M8, I use a D200 for HDR. But putting film in the M2 is pretty HDR too :D
 
Ronald_H said:
I like doing HDR. Not for the cartoon effect, but to get what a single frame can't capture, dynamic range wise. Museum photos froma tripod for example

The 'Oh God no, it's an abominaton' attitude is to be expected from people who still live in the fifties, a.k.a Leica purists. Small wonder most of them still refuse to shoot in color.

Anyway, I don't own a M8, I use a D200 for HDR. But putting film in the M2 is pretty HDR too :D
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I actually much prefer color to bw, love photoshop and don't own a Leica. But I did get a 5D II yesterday (so much for the "purist" in me). Nevertheless, HDR makes my eyes vomit.

I read the "HDR done right" argument all the time. But the thing is that people who use this technique with the required subtlety in order to cope with a wide dynamic range in a scene usually don't refer to it as HDR unless they're trying to make an argument.
 
As I said. not for the effect, but to capture the scene better:

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Jamie123 said:
But the thing is that people who use this technique with the required subtlety in order to cope with a wide dynamic range in a scene usually don't refer to it as HDR unless they're trying to make an argument.
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That's true. On Pnet a thread was started about the cartoonish look of HDR and people came out of the woodwork showing many, many great looking shots that had subtle HDR treatment. The shots above are just what I'm talking about.

But , I think there are some people who are going for that surreal look. To each his own.
 
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