This is a nice feature on the 5D3 but are you aware that the latest version of Digital Photo Professional has an automatic HDR option? I tried it the other day with 3 RAW frames from my 7D (tripod mounted) and it auto-aligned perfectly and produced a nice result. It's under the "Tools" menu termed "Start HDR Tool". When selected it brings up a window with 3 frames and a browse button where you select the 3 files you want to merge and DPP does it all automatically and gives 5 options on the style along with saturation, contrast and detail enhancement. It outputs a JPEG and it would be really nice if it gave the option for a RAW but that's not the case. If you're not aware of it you might want to check it out. If you don't have the latest version you can download it from Canon's website.
I used +-3EV, and Art Standard. Natural might also work well in certain situations. Art Vivid and the others are not good for this.
That might be nice, and while shooting I was looking for a way to do that. Of course you can't, so I used EC +1 instead. I think the results look realistic, especially for this application.
See the several other shots without skylights?
It will. I don't foresee myself using flash or PP for r/e photos in most cases ever again! Huge time-saver. See rwbaron's response for how you can do it with your 5D2. Of course you'll have to shoot bracketed.
I admit I did not bother to test auto vs. +-3EV. I just used +-3EV because it makes the most sense to me.
Thanks, tripod. Although I have done handheld, and it works surprisingly well. But with the alignment comes some cropping. The more you shake, the more it crops. And if you shake too much, the result will be soft or blurry.
These were done in 3 shots, at +-3EV. I don't see a way to do 7 frames in-camera or in DPP.
Only jpeg, but you can set the camera to save the 3 original raws too, or discard them.
Yes, that happens sometimes. Just re-shoot and cross your fingers. Try different modes too, like Art Vivid, etc.
BTW, if you are shooting RAW, you can use DPP to create HDR with any Canon camera. It works with the RAWs, and also with JPEGs.
