p.1 #1 · First experiment with in camera focus stacking
Yesterday I decided to play around with in camera focus stacking or, as Canon calls it, focus bracketing. It was pretty breezy outside but shot am early bloomer when it stopped moving, mostly. This could be a lot of fun!
20 image bracketing
Canon EOS R1RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM lens100mmf/8.01/400s500 ISO0.0 EV
p.1 #4 · First experiment with in camera focus stacking
ctgoldwing wrote:
Yesterday I decided to play around with in camera focus stacking or, as Canon calls it, focus bracketing. It was pretty breezy outside but shot am early bloomer when it stopped moving, mostly. This could be a lot of fun!
p.1 #7 · First experiment with in camera focus stacking
ctgoldwing wrote:
Yesterday I decided to play around with in camera focus stacking or, as Canon calls it, focus bracketing.
Cool shot. Focus stacking and focus bracketing are not the same thing. Focus stacking is when the focus bracketed shots are composited into a single image.
Olympus has had in-camera focus stacking for years.
p.1 #8 · First experiment with in camera focus stacking
Imagemaster wrote:
Cool shot. Focus stacking and focus bracketing are not the same thing. Focus stacking is when the focus bracketed shots are composited into a single image.
Olympus has had in-camera focus stacking for years.
Thanks Imagemaster.
Canon describes this as Focus bracketing:
Focus Bracketing
Focus bracketing enables continuous shooting with the focal distance changed automatically after each shot. These images enable you to create a single image in focus over a deep depth of field. Compositing is also possible using an application that supports depth compositing, such as Digital Photo Professional (EOS software).
There is the option of not compositing a new stacked image in camera, so I guess it could be called either. For my 'playing around' with it now, I'm not even keeping the raw files, only the composited jpeg. Right now it's just a learning thing for me. If I stay with it I will probably want to work on each 'slice' in post.
20 exposures
Canon EOS R1RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM lens100mmf/8.01/250s200 ISO0.0 EV
p.1 #11 · First experiment with in camera focus stacking
CA_Fstop wrote:
Dang, that's nice.....I need to try that feature on my R5. Maybe a dumb question but How do you decided how many shots?
Great question CA_Fstop My answer right now? No clue. I just shot a few more flower pix today. Used 30 images in each. Right now I am experimenting with F stop (right up your alley) and the step size (delta in the focus). Today I was getting too much far background in focus when I used F11 or higher. I haven't moved them over to the computer yet but from a camera view it looks like F5.6 was the sweet spot for today.
Right now its trial and error but some of the images I really like.
p.1 #13 · First experiment with in camera focus stacking
keepclicking wrote:
nice work and I do have the same question as @CA_Fstop@
I've done a bunch more of these @keepclicking. I've used 15 to 40 exposures. From what I can see, more exposures yield greater dof in the composite. In some cases it was beneficial but in others I couldn't really see much of a difference. A lot depends on the background - how far away it is from the subject (just like a regular exposure ).
Generally I've been pleased with the results. Enough that I look for opportunities to experiment with. It's a work in progress.
Its something I never gave any thought to,
