Best starting exposure and bracket
Just wondering how you guys establish the mid-point for your brackets. If you have a high contrast scene should you look at histogram and find the exposure that is just before you clip highlights? I've just been eyeballing it to what I'd consider an average if I was taking one shot only. But an ETTR middle point just before clipping would in theory be best?
Then I've been unsure of number of frames and stops. I sometimes feel if I allow 2 stop gaps which everyone seems to suggest then my midpoint seems off. I favour 1⅓ gaps and 5 brackets.
What would you recommend?