Focus Bracketing is like magic on EOS RP with the RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM lens!!!: Canon EOS R Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

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

Nov 8, 2020

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

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davidwien • Contributing Member • Posts: 572

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

In reply to JoeSchmoe007 • Nov 8, 2020

Thank you, Joe, for your useful demo of how good this feature is. Ken Rockwell also did one that is worth looking at : https://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/rp.htm#focusstacking

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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!!!

In reply to JoeSchmoe007 • Nov 8, 2020

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

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KEG • Veteran Member • Posts: 4,909

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

In reply to davev8 • Nov 8, 2020

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

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There is no argument for FF vs APS-c (or m43) with shallow DOF..as it's a law of physics and a very subjective personal thing if you want to make use of the shallow DOF only FF can offer
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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!!!

In reply to KEG • Nov 8, 2020

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

what makes you say that?

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There is no argument for FF vs APS-c (or m43) with shallow DOF..as it's a law of physics and a very subjective personal thing if you want to make use of the shallow DOF only FF can offer
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OP JoeSchmoe007 • Contributing Member • Posts: 502

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

In reply to davev8 • Nov 8, 2020

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

Manual solution for focus bracketing on R: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4473497

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OP JoeSchmoe007 • Contributing Member • Posts: 502

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

In reply to KEG • Nov 8, 2020

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

No, it isn't.

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KEG • Veteran Member • Posts: 4,909

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

In reply to JoeSchmoe007 • Nov 9, 2020

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

No, it isn't.

It kind of is obvious I was comparing 5D and RP

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KEG • Veteran Member • Posts: 4,909

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

In reply to davev8 • Nov 9, 2020

davev8 wrote:

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

what makes you say that?

that the 13 years younger model is better?

Dunno, 400+ focus points vs 9? 26 vs 12 MP, 38 image RAW buffer vs 5, just to name few things

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There is no argument for FF vs APS-c (or m43) with shallow DOF..as it's a law of physics and a very subjective personal thing if you want to make use of the shallow DOF only FF can offer
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Alexander Rosenwald • Regular Member • Posts: 385

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

In reply to JoeSchmoe007 • Nov 9, 2020

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

Stacked images tend to be very sharp, not to say overly sharp. This has more to do with the stacking software picking only perfectly sharp parts out of every shot rather than the process of taking the pictures.

I tried focus stacking with items I wanted to sell on Ebay but gave up on it. You wouldn't sell anything because the pictures will show surface defects not visible by pure eye sight.

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davev8 • Veteran Member • Posts: 4,833

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

In reply to KEG • Nov 9, 2020

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KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

what makes you say that?

that the 13 years younger model is better?

Dunno, 400+ focus points vs 9? 26 vs 12 MP, 38 image RAW buffer vs 5, just to name few things

sorry i misunderstand what you was saying ...i think you say the the RP is better than the R... if i remember the raw buffer on the 5D is 15 or 20 ...but you never hit it at 3FPS

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There is no argument for FF vs APS-c (or m43) with shallow DOF..as it's a law of physics and a very subjective personal thing if you want to make use of the shallow DOF only FF can offer
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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!!!

In reply to KEG • Nov 9, 2020

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KEG wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

No, it isn't.

It kind of is obvious I was comparing 5D and RP

Actually it wasn't obvious to me either. All three bodies were mentioned in the same sentence, and it was the R vs RP feature that was being compared. I was fooled too.

R2

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OP JoeSchmoe007 • Contributing Member • Posts: 502

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

In reply to KEG • Nov 9, 2020

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KEG wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

No, it isn't.

It kind of is obvious I was comparing 5D and RP

Sorry, it wasn't obvious to me. I was under impression you were comparing R and RP and considering focus stacking to be a "killer feature" in RP.

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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!!!

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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

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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!!!

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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!

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OP JoeSchmoe007 • Contributing Member • Posts: 502

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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!

The smaller the aperture, the lower the lens resolution due to diffraction: https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/diffraction.htm

https://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/rp.htm#focusstacking

My test was at f11 and even that was bad, I should've stayed at f8 ( my lens is f 7.1 at this zoom level).

So basically you can shoot with optimum aperture for your lens resolution-wise (say f4 for fixed f2.8 prime lens) but DOF would be very thin, hence focus stacking fixes a problem.

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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!!!

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JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

KEG wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

KEG wrote:

davev8 wrote:

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

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

I specified 40 images, all 40 were taken but I picked first 20 for composite.

Exposure: 1 sec, F11, ISO 11, lens at 99mm.

First frame (focused manually):

First frame (focused manually)

Last frame (automatic focusing):

Last frame (automatic focusing)

Composite result:

Composite result

You really need to view the result at 100% to appreciate how sharp it is. I had do do it over because first attempt had my fingerprints on the ruler and I didn't want to post them online

It was a resource-intensive task that took 8 minutes and generated 3 GB of temp files. I have i7-4770 CPU and all cores were pegged at 100%. DPP was consuming 1.5GB of RAM and batch process for stacking was consuming another 1.5GB of RAM.

i want to replace my aging 5Dmki with the R but its this focus stacking that pulls me to the RP

RP is definently the better of the two

No, it isn't.

It kind of is obvious I was comparing 5D and RP

Sorry, it wasn't obvious to me. I was under impression you were comparing R and RP and considering focus stacking to be a "killer feature" in RP.

I should have been clearer, I think we all agree on that

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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!!!

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

In reply to JoeSchmoe007 • Nov 10, 2020

First frame (focused manually):

How do you manually focus?

Last frame (automatic focusing):

And how do you switch to automatic focusing?

When I tried to focus bracket with manual focus, the focus didn't advance. All images where the same. I had to rely on auto-focus.

The result was nice anyway. But I was interested in selectively focusing the starting point using focus peaking.

Thanks in advance.

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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!!!

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Aldaia wrote:

First frame (focused manually):

How do you manually focus?

Last frame (automatic focusing):

And how do you switch to automatic focusing?

When I tried to focus bracket with manual focus, the focus didn't advance. All images where the same. I had to rely on auto-focus.

The result was nice anyway. But I was interested in selectively focusing the starting point using focus peaking.

Thanks in advance.

I can see how what I said is misleading but I cannot edit original post anymore.

It should have said: "First frame was focused by selecting specific focus point on display". Camera and lens were always in auto-focus mode.

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

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