p.1 #1 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
Hello, I shoot product images almost daily, and I usually shoot a variety of apertures to get differing depth of field.
I would love to be able to simply hit the shoot button once and have the camera automatically vary the aperture from say, 2.8, 8 and 22 and take a shot with each aperture. So, just like bracketing, but varying the aperture.
I can find no way to do this, but I assume there are many people who shoot products and would require a similar work flow, surely this can be done? Any advice greatly appreciated.
p.1 #3 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
I'm not aware of any Canon body that supports "aperture bracketing", though I've never owned a 1 series DSLR. Perhaps there is a 3rd party remote/tethered controller that can support such a thing. I do think it is a good idea though. I believe there are 3rd party remote controllers that can "focus bracket".
p.1 #4 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
If you vary aperture then you must adjust either ss or ISO which would introduce other issues such as motion or noise. If you want the best results shouldn't you leave the exposure parameters alone and use live view to focus at different point over several images? You can then use a program like Helicon Focus to combine them.
p.1 #6 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
I shoot on a tripod, so I manually vary the aperture (I shoot aperture priority) and let the camera adjust the exposure accordingly. I do not understand why bracketing for aperture is not a stock standard feature on all Pro/Semi-Pro cameras.
RE Magic Lantern, I can not find where it says it features this option and it seems to be a LOAD AT OWN RISK option which I am not comfortable with to be honest. But thanks for the info just the same.
p.1 #7 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
You can then use a program like Helicon Focus to combine them.
That is not what the OP wants. I’ve manually “aperture bracketed”, what the OP wants is an automatic “aperture bracket” with a single press of the shutter.
p.1 #9 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
I simply shoot three different apertures, and then choose later which I will use for my needs. I do not combine anything, simply a matter of choosing at a later date, which depth of field looks right.
p.1 #10 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
wicked-d wrote:
RE Magic Lantern, I can not find where it says it features this option and it seems to be a LOAD AT OWN RISK option which I am not comfortable with to be honest. But thanks for the info just the same.
p.1 #11 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
WesN wrote:
That is not what the OP wants. I’ve manually “aperture bracketed”, what the OP wants is an automatic “aperture bracket” with a single press of the shutter.
p.1 #14 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
wicked-d wrote:
Hello, I shoot product images almost daily, and I usually shoot a variety of apertures to get differing depth of field.
I would love to be able to simply hit the shoot button once and have the camera automatically vary the aperture from say, 2.8, 8 and 22 and take a shot with each aperture. So, just like bracketing, but varying the aperture.
I can find no way to do this, but I assume there are many people who shoot products and would require a similar work flow, surely this can be done? Any advice greatly appreciated.
I understand what you are asking for, but I'm confused as to why you would do this or what you are trying to accomplish with this technique.
p.1 #16 · Canon 5D MkII Bracketing for Depth of Field
gdanmitchell wrote:
I understand what you are asking for, but I'm confused as to why you would do this or what you are trying to accomplish with this technique.
Dan
Dan, I shoot products for my web site, but I prefer a stylised shot at times rather than an 'all in focus' shot, but depending on what I am going for, I may like a shallow depth of field or a really shallow depth of field.
Some examples of the shooting I do is here: click here
The above are fairly standard, but when I want the varying depth, it is for a result such as the banner graphic on this page: click here
The above shot was taken three times at f4, f8 and f16, and I choose which I want to use later....
