Helicon remote exposure bracketing problems

[teamwindsor]

Hi,
I recently purchased the full version of the Helicon remote. I am using a Nikon d7000 and running the android version of the remote on a Samsung Galaxy S3.

I am trying to use the exposure bracketing feature in order to use the photos for HDR. The program seems to work fine in that I switch the lens to auto and the camera to manual as per the program. I set the iso and f stop then input 9 exposures with 1ev increments. I check manual or info and it all appears correct (from -4 to +4ev)

When taking the pictures it fires off 9 shots and stops, returning back to the screen that says "take photo". I close this and connect the camera to the PC as have chosen to keep pictures in the camera.

On the computer I do get 9 pictures but they seem in a random order of exposure. When importing the pictures to photoshop cs6 (sorry) I get several of the pictures with duplicate exposures (usually 3 x 0ev) with only about 3 different values in total. I thought this was a problem with photoshop initially but certainly looking at the pictures there does appear to be several pictures of identical exposure. I was wondering what is going wrong or if there is an easy fix? The manual and information button prior to taking the pictures appears perfectly correct.

A second problem I have is with the focus. I have tried to use the DOF feature on a small object. I brought the front and back into focus, setting the "A" and "B" points. The information said the object would be covered with 4 photos. I hit take picture but after 4 it just kept going. Each time a photo was taken the progress bar progresses by about 3% suggesting 30+ pictures. Again I am slightly unsure what the problem is as it occurs each time despite changing settings.

Otherwise I think its a great product and can't wait to see what it can achieve when I get these teething issues ironed out.

Kind regards

Rob

[teamwindsor]

Managed to get it working.

It works perfectly when changing the release mode to remote. I presumed this mode was entirely designed for the IR remote (activating sensors etc). Got a nice range of -4ev to +4ev over 9 shots (in the correct order). Interestingly though it did take a 2.3ev and 2.9ev exposure, missing out 1ev (no idea why) but currently perfectly adequate for HDR projects.

Rob

[Stas Yatsenko]

Hello Rob,

What you describe all sounds very weird. Might be caused by some other setting/combination of settings having unusual values.
Ev steps may not be entirely uniform merely due to absence of exposure/aperture step that would give the desired value.