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Focus Bracketing is like magic on EOS RP with the RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM lens!!!

Started Nov 8, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Re: Focus Bracketing is like magic on EOS RP with the RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM lens!!!

Ed P wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

I just tried focus bracketing on EOS RP with the RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM lens.

Yes! Focus Bracketing is one of my very favorite features!

I've been using it on my M6ii for over a year now, for all kinds of stuff.

Have fun thinking up all kinds of cool uses for it!

R2

What is the effective difference between focus bracketing and simply using a smaller aperture? Thanks!

Just thinking about the geometry of this, focus stacking should give both an extended zone of pretty evenly sharp focus and a much quicker onset of blur before and behind your subject.  It could look odd if your focus intervals were too big.  A very large aperture with dozens of steps could give you a normal perspective with an extreme telephoto blur pattern.  Stopping down a lot instead of focus stacking would give quite a gentle roll-off of sharpness with distance from the subject.  Focus stacking will give increased subject isolation while keeping the whole of the subject sharp.

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