Thank you very much David, as Karsten mentioned this is the best explanation working algoritm of focus stacking behind Camera, especially Fuji X-Systems, appreciated!
Thank you very much, David! I found your channel by chance, and I appreciate VERY VERY much your pragmatic, clear explanations without these childish, loud, fast elements to make a video more interesting.... In fact these videos are not more interesting, they are nerving - your videos are clear, structured, direct and very helpful! Thank you.
Hi David really enjoyed that demonstration it's given me a much better understanding of what the setting mean and what the camera is actualy doing when you change the settings, thanks 👍📷
Thanks for great demonstration of a complicated technique. I have used a similar technique for landscape and product work even before Photoshop made it so easy to combine the images. A suggestion . . . you can avoid trial and error settings by using a cell phone app to calculate the depth of field. Simply determine the number of overlapping steps to cover the calculated depth of field and then determine how many frames are required to expose. Best regards from another granddad.
Hi thank you for your comment and no it won’t work with a manual focus lens but you can still do it but you will have to focus the lens yourself for each step and do the stacking manually
I’m very new to digital photography, your explanation is great, my question is if the camera has be in full manual control or can some of it be in one of the automatic settings, i.e. “A”, “S”. Thank you.
Enrique Hi thank you for your comment you can have the camera in any automatic setting the only problem you may come across is the lighting may change so the exposure or colour balance may differ shot to shot and the image might have a strange appearance
Helpful explanation, thanks, I had not managed to find out how the steps were calculated, would have been great if it could just focus on the nearest and furthest parts you require to be in focus then the camera calculated the steps and shots for you, but that would be too easy :) Odd that they have any step settings beyond 5 as using higher than 5 means the focus moves focus more than 100% of the depth of field each step which of course means there is a gap in focus between each shot where the image is not in focus, in your tests if on 10 steps the amount of shots required to see the rear of the tailgate in focus was 80 shots then to make sure there are no out of focus sections you'd have required 160 shots at 5 steps PS You could try to use the depth of field scale displayed to calculate the amount of shots required, using less than 5 steps in macro would seem essential in order to ensure no out of focus parts but if it's for a landscape shot where you only require certain objects/landmarks to be in focus then I suppose having steps greater than 5 could be useful Further, you could use the distance scale to determine the distance of each object required to be in focus and calculate setting accordingly using the depth of field for the chosen aperture and focus distance
Hi Terry I did look at using the depth of field scale on the display and it probably could be usefull to calculate the steps required but I didn't put that in the video as I wasn't sure the camera software would use the same measurement, also i think the greater than 5 steps is there to allow you to have less frames as the parts between each step may be out of focus but may be unnoticeable in the final image depending on what you were photographing.
Great explination. Any chance you could go out and do a landscape vlog using focus bracketing as I tried over the weekend and couldn't work it out correctly on my XT3. thanks.
Colin Hothersall Hi Colin glad it help, I did think the next time I’m out doing landscape I would take a focus bracketed shot so yes I will at some point soon.
Hi the pixel count won’t go up it will still be a 50mp image but the file size will increase until you flatten the image which may put a big strain on your computer if it has limited memory.
Hi yes the gap between the step would be out of focus but I think the idea is that for landscape or at least wide angle shots that might not be noticeable.
Thank you very much David, as Karsten mentioned this is the best explanation working algoritm of focus stacking behind Camera, especially Fuji X-Systems, appreciated!
I have seen other sites on this topic but you provide more depths and better understanding. Great work. Thank you
Very clear explanation, will try it with my 50mm macro. Thanks
Thank You. Never try this with my fuji x-h1. Very clear step!
Right on! Thanks for clarifying what was totally unclear in the manual.
Thank you - id been struggling to make this work - you've given perfect clarity to steps 👍
Thank you very much, David! I found your channel by chance, and I appreciate VERY VERY much your pragmatic, clear explanations without these childish, loud, fast elements to make a video more interesting.... In fact these videos are not more interesting, they are nerving - your videos are clear, structured, direct and very helpful! Thank you.
Thank you for your comment it is much appreciated
Thank you David, this was very helpful. Your testing method was the best explanation I have found how to use this feature.
Hi David really enjoyed that demonstration it's given me a much better understanding of what the setting mean and what the camera is actualy doing when you change the settings, thanks 👍📷
Brilliant. I could not get it to work before. But now I can.
Thanks David - this is by far the best explanation I've seen on this subject!
Excellent explanation, thank you very much!
Thanks David for the very easy to understand video, think I will give this a go now. Keep up the great work.
Thanks David, I’m mainly a macro shooter so will give it a go at some point thanks to your video, keep them coming my friend 🤙🏻
Thanks for great demonstration of a complicated technique. I have used a similar technique for landscape and product work even before Photoshop made it so easy to combine the images. A suggestion . . . you can avoid trial and error settings by using a cell phone app to calculate the depth of field. Simply determine the number of overlapping steps to cover the calculated depth of field and then determine how many frames are required to expose. Best regards from another granddad.
Excellent tutorial David, thank you very much sure 😊🙏🏼
Thanks a lot, now I understood it, very nice video 👍😀🙏
Thanks so useful i have gfx 50r and my camera also has Focus Bracketing
Brilliant explanation. Thanks a lot. Subscribed!
Well explained David, what memory card do you use to get this volume of data recorded in terms of so many frames?
Thank you I use Prograde V60 cards.
Thanks David. Really useful video. I am guessing this wont work with a manual lens such as 7Artisans. Right?
Hi thank you for your comment and no it won’t work with a manual focus lens but you can still do it but you will have to focus the lens yourself for each step and do the stacking manually
Thanks!!!
thanks
thanks very useful video!
Thank you. Is this possible with electronic shutter, not to damage the mechanical one after so many shots?
V PR hi yes you can use the electronic shutter if you wish.
@@GrandadsReviews thank you, appreciate it.
Not sure why you would worry about the amount of shots. It’s not thousands of shots, afterall.
Hi, On my Fujifilm x-h1 Q menu i dont have C1 to C7, how do i get that sorted.?
I’m very new to digital photography, your explanation is great, my question is if the camera has be in full manual control or can some of it be in one of the automatic settings, i.e. “A”, “S”. Thank you.
Enrique Hi thank you for your comment you can have the camera in any automatic setting the only problem you may come across is the lighting may change so the exposure or colour balance may differ shot to shot and the image might have a strange appearance
@@GrandadsReviews Thank you for the prompt reply. (subscribed BTW).
Hello, is Drive Setting (and focus bracketing) not available on the Fuji X-E3?
Having a quick look at the owners manual it appears it’s not available on the X-E3 sorry.
Helpful explanation, thanks, I had not managed to find out how the steps were calculated, would have been great if it could just focus on the nearest and furthest parts you require to be in focus then the camera calculated the steps and shots for you, but that would be too easy :)
Odd that they have any step settings beyond 5 as using higher than 5 means the focus moves focus more than 100% of the depth of field each step which of course means there is a gap in focus between each shot where the image is not in focus, in your tests if on 10 steps the amount of shots required to see the rear of the tailgate in focus was 80 shots then to make sure there are no out of focus sections you'd have required 160 shots at 5 steps
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You could try to use the depth of field scale displayed to calculate the amount of shots required, using less than 5 steps in macro would seem essential in order to ensure no out of focus parts but if it's for a landscape shot where you only require certain objects/landmarks to be in focus then I suppose having steps greater than 5 could be useful
Further, you could use the distance scale to determine the distance of each object required to be in focus and calculate setting accordingly using the depth of field for the chosen aperture and focus distance
Hi Terry I did look at using the depth of field scale on the display and it probably could be usefull to calculate the steps required but I didn't put that in the video as I wasn't sure the camera software would use the same measurement, also i think the greater than 5 steps is there to allow you to have less frames as the parts between each step may be out of focus but may be unnoticeable in the final image depending on what you were photographing.
Great explination. Any chance you could go out and do a landscape vlog using focus bracketing as I tried over the weekend and couldn't work it out correctly on my XT3. thanks.
Colin Hothersall Hi Colin glad it help, I did think the next time I’m out doing landscape I would take a focus bracketed shot so yes I will at some point soon.
Useful explanation, thanks. Can you do the focus stacking video now please?
Already have here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/an3hBhEOAYQ/v-deo.html
Shutter needed a service after making this video!
Hi I like the look of your table top tripod. Please could you let me know which one it is? thank you
Hi the one holding the camera is a Manfrotto Pixie the other one is a no name tripod I picked up in the local charity shop.
@@GrandadsReviews many thanks for the info, I'll take a look at that
Hai David if im using Focus bracketing on my Fuji gfx50r lets say five images is that a 254MP image (5x51 megapixels) my gfx50r is 51.4MP x5=254mp
Hi the pixel count won’t go up it will still be a 50mp image but the file size will increase until you flatten the image which may put a big strain on your computer if it has limited memory.
Wouldnt a step setting of more than 5 insure that some of the shot is out of focus?
Hi yes the gap between the step would be out of focus but I think the idea is that for landscape or at least wide angle shots that might not be noticeable.
nice
Very interesting thanks
Pro ! thx.
what am I doing wrong? my camera takes only 1 shot
Have you set it up as per my video.
I could’ve gotten everything in focus on my large format film camera, in one shot, with movements on the standards.
Yes me too did think about making a adapter to mount the fuji to my Large format camera so I could use the movements on the front and rear standards
David Hoult i think you can buy one also, it sure.
Don,t think i want to use my shutter in that manner.
Hi if shutter use is an issue use the electronic shutter no wear problems with that.