GigaPan EPIC Pro User Manual

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GigaPan Pro User Guide

EV Distance from shadows to average exposure using 1/3 EV shutter settings

1”s

0”8

0”6

0”5

0”4

0”3

1/4

0 setting

0 EV

1/3

2/3

-1 EV

4/3

5/3

-2 EV

Set your camera shutter speed to the brightest 1/160 second meter reading and then

change the shutter speed and count how many settings it takes to reach the average

1/4 second meter reading. With default camera settings you will count fourteen shutter

dial changes in order to reach 1/4 second. Divide 14 by 3 and you get 4 EV with 2/3 EV

remaining. The distance from the shadow meter reading is smaller at six shutter speed

setting changes on the dial which equals -2 EV. So the distance is 4 and 2/3 EV plus 2 EV

for a total of 6 2/3 EV distance to cover the entire range.

If you are using a Nikon {D200, D300, D300S, D700S, D3, D3s, D3x } with a nine EV span

or a Canon {1D Mark III, 1D Mark IV, 1Ds Mark III} with a span of seven EV you are able to

capture these exposures using the cameras AEB function.

You can move the center exposure which is what you set the ‘Time/Exposure’ setting to and

lose 2/3 stops of desired dynamic range. Another option is to use a good neutral density

filter to shift all of the exposures to shutter speeds that are slower than about 1/10 of a

second and use the BULB setting on the camera and the imager. If you use the bulb set-

ting on the camera and the imager then the imager opens and closes the shutter instead of

the camera’s AEB function. Change the imager to BULB mode by changing the ‘Options’-

>’Expert Options’->’Shutter Length’ to ‘Exposure’ (bulb).

Method Two

EV distance from brightest area to average exposure by multiplying exposure by two

1/160 s

1/80

1/40

1/20

1/10

1/5

0 EV

+1 EV

+2 EV

+3 EV

+4 EV

+5 EV

EV distance from shadows to average exposure by dividing exposure by two

1”

1/2

1/4

0 EV

-1 EV

-2 EV