Autobracketing

When the photographer achieves the same result by changing the camera settings between each shot, this is simply called bracketing.

Sometimes it is possible to either define the order, in which the shots will be taken, or to give an offset[# 1] as a start-point of the bracketing series.

More sophisticated equipment allows auto-exposure bracketing to be combined with timer and intervalometer functions as well.

[# 4] Since the flash may need time to recharge between the shots, some cameras fall back to single-advance drive mode[clarification needed] during auto flash bracketing, even if they are otherwise configured for continuous-advance drive.

This function provides a way of dealing with mixed lighting by having the camera take one shot and process the raw sensor data several times for slightly different white point settings, with both higher and lower color temperatures (bluer and redder) compared to the current setting on the camera.

A series of images demonstrating a focus bracket. The image on the left shows a single shot taken at f / 10 with the features of the fly closest to the camera. The center image shows the features farthest from the camera. The image on the right shows focus stacking : a sequence of six incrementally focused images of the fly assembled to make a composite image using CombineZM .