S5 Pro Function Problem

[t_p_pa...@hotmail.com]

Hi All,

I'm shooting on a Fujifilm S5 Pro. Generally extremely, nay immensely
happy.

I do, however, have a bug that I'm trying to understand. I've set the
function button to Bracket mode, so when I hold it down, with a
bracket sequence set, it should run it with a single press of the
shutter release - but it doesn't. Anyone else had this problem? Is
it my screwup, or is it a technical problem?

Any advice more than welcome!

Thomas.

[ASAAR]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:33:50 -0700 (PDT), t_p_pa...@hotmail.com
wrote:

> I'm shooting on a Fujifilm S5 Pro. Generally extremely, nay immensely
> happy.
>
> I do, however, have a bug that I'm trying to understand. I've set the
> function button to Bracket mode, so when I hold it down, with a
> bracket sequence set, it should run it with a single press of the
> shutter release - but it doesn't. Anyone else had this problem? Is
> it my screwup, or is it a technical problem?

From what the manual says on page 105, it appears that you have
the S5 Pro set to single frame mode (or possibly self timer mode),
where only one shot of the bracket sequence is taken for each press
of the shutter button. The control panel display will show how the
bracketed shots are progressing. The entire set of bracketed images
can be taken with a single press of the shutter button when the S5
Pro is set to continuous low speed or continuous high speed mode.

[t_p_pa...@hotmail.com]

On Mar 19, 11:09 pm, ASAAR <cau...@22.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:33:50 -0700 (PDT), t_p_pater...@hotmail.com

Thanks for the pointer - that's what I've been running through. It
seems that in S mode, it should do frame at a time, in Cl or Ch mode
it should do the whole sequence when the shutter release is held
down. But when the Func button is set to Bracket, it should only need
the release to be pressed once briefly for it to run the full
sequence. That doesn't happen. Any thoughts?

Incidentally, this is useful as it lets me press and leave the camera
bracketing super-long exposures on night time architectural shots,
hence the interest - holding the button down for fifteen minutes is
annoying and I occassionally spoil a shot with shake. I should get a
cable release.

T.

[anir...@gmail.com]

On Mar 20, 11:08 am, t_p_pater...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 19, 11:09 pm, ASAAR <cau...@22.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:33:50 -0700 (PDT), t_p_pater...@hotmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > > I'm shooting on a Fujifilm S5 Pro.  Generally extremely, nay immensely
> > > happy.
>
> > > I do, however, have a bug that I'm trying to understand.  I've set the
> > > function button to Bracket mode, so when I hold it down, with a
> > > bracket sequence set, it should run it with a single press of the
> > > shutter release - but it doesn't.  Anyone else had this problem?  Is
> > > it my screwup, or is it a technical problem?
>
> >   From what the manual says on page 105, it appears that you have
> > the S5 Pro set to single frame mode (or possibly self timer mode),
> > where only one shot of the bracket sequence is taken for each press
> > of the shutter button.  The control panel display will show how the
> > bracketed shots are progressing.  The entire set of bracketed images
> > can be taken with a single press of the shutter button when the S5
> > Pro is set to continuous low speed or continuous high speed mode.
>
> Thanks for the pointer - that's what I've been running through.  It
> seems that in S mode, it should do frame at a time, in Cl or Ch mode
> it should do the whole sequence when the shutter release is held
> down.  But when the Func button is set to Bracket, it should only need
> the release to be pressed once briefly for it to run the full
> sequence.  That doesn't happen.  Any thoughts?

I have the same problem. I searched through the various forums, and I
recall someone suggested that I need to "reset' the camera now and
then. To reset, go to the menu under "set up" ( - not shooting menu,
i.e. use lower button), and select the last menu item under "reset"
and "OK". Then try again with setting the bracket. It worked for me
for a couple of times or "occasionally" (i.e under S, not CI or Ch
mode). Perhaps this is one of the bug of the camera. I never switch to
the latest firmware (version 12). I think mine was still version 8 or
9. I wonder if changing to version 12 firmware will solve this
problem, as I did not read too many complain about this. I am curious
whether the same function in Nikon D200 runs flawlessly for the
bracketing function.

[ASAAR]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:08:30 -0700 (PDT), t_p_pa...@hotmail.com
wrote:

>>   From what the manual says on page 105, it appears that you have
>> the S5 Pro set to single frame mode (or possibly self timer mode),
>> where only one shot of the bracket sequence is taken for each press
>> of the shutter button.  The control panel display will show how the
>> bracketed shots are progressing.  The entire set of bracketed images
>> can be taken with a single press of the shutter button when the S5
>> Pro is set to continuous low speed or continuous high speed mode.
>
> Thanks for the pointer - that's what I've been running through. It
> seems that in S mode, it should do frame at a time, in Cl or Ch mode
> it should do the whole sequence when the shutter release is held
> down. But when the Func button is set to Bracket, it should only need
> the release to be pressed once briefly for it to run the full
> sequence. That doesn't happen. Any thoughts?

That's what the manual says, but it didn't mention whether the
Func button has to be held down until all of the shots are taken.
Did you try that? As the S5 Pro is based on the D200, it's
unfortunate that it doesn't have a feature that might help. From
page 90 of the D200 manual :

> Bracketing
> Adjust bracketing settings before starting interval timer photography.
> If exposure and/or flash bracketing is active while interval timer
> photography is in effect, the camera will take the number of shots
> in the bracketing program at each interval, regardless of the number
> of shots specified in the interval timer menu. If white balance
> bracketing is active while interval timer photography is in effect,
> the camera will only take one shot at each interval and process it to
> create the number of copies specified in the bracketing program.

I don't know if there's any difference between the functionality
of interval timer shooting with the D200 and D300, but according to
Thom Hogan's D300 guide :

> The question that usually gets asked next is "how do I do an
> automatic bracket with a single shutter press?" Simple:
> combine it with Interval shooting
. . .

> The D300 provides the ability to have the camera take one or more
> shots at periodic intervals (sometimes called time lapse or step
> photography). Interval shooting can be done with the camera
> unattended, assuming that the camera will stay powered and
> protected from someone changing settings.

> Incidentally, this is useful as it lets me press and leave the camera
> bracketing super-long exposures on night time architectural shots,
> hence the interest - holding the button down for fifteen minutes is
> annoying and I occassionally spoil a shot with shake. I should get a
> cable release.

Nikon has several that are compatible with the S5 Pro. The MC-36
has a flexible programmable interval timer that might help with the
exposure bracketing, but it would be best to confirm this with
someone else, perhaps even with Fuji's tech. support. If tech.
support balks at discussing Nikon's products, you can tell them that
the S5 Pro manual (page 201, "Usable Nikon accessories") lists the
MC-36, MC-30 and MC-22 Remote Cords.

[t_p_pa...@hotmail.com]

On Mar 21, 2:41 am, ASAAR <cau...@22.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:08:30 -0700 (PDT), t_p_pater...@hotmail.com

Thanks guys, it didn't work, I tried all of these approaches. Ah well.

[anir...@gmail.com]

The bracketing function (means taking different exposures) is still
working when you set your camera in Cl or Ch. However, you still have
to push the shutter button for the number of bracketing that you set.
I know that in other camera, you do not need to do this. However, this
is the way it works in this camera. Therefore, there is the S, Cl and
Ch button. I tried it and it worked ( I mean the camera took the
photos with different exposure on each of the shutter actuation.
Perhaps there is a reason that this is the way it was set up.
Hope that this helps

[t_p_pa...@hotmail.com]

On May 16, 7:00 pm, anira...@gmail.com wrote:
> The bracketing function (means taking different exposures) is still
> working when you set your camera in Cl or Ch. However, you still have
> to push the shutter button for the number of bracketing that you set.
> I know that in other camera, you do not need to do this. However, this
> is the way it works in this camera. Therefore, there is the S, Cl and
> Ch button. I tried it and it worked ( I mean the camera took the
> photos with different exposure on each of the shutter actuation.
> Perhaps there is a reason that this is the way it was set up.
> Hope that this helps

Thanks Anira,

Yeah, I've been using bracketing for a couple of years with my S5. I
was just hopeful that the description in the manual of the func button
in bracket mode would work - that is to say that once pressed, the
camera would take all nine shots without my touching it.

Ah well.

T.