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M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

Started Feb 9, 2021 | Questions
kbdkbd Regular Member • Posts: 287
M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

I want to experiment doing some merged (2 photoshop layers) imaging using my M6ii and my M100 mounted on a rail on a tripod.  I know the angles will be off by a bit but I’m going to try to minimize that as much as possible by keeping the cameras close together on the rail.

The reason I need two cameras for this is because one is IR (M100), and I want to mask out some parts of the IR with overlaid regular spectrum image of the M6ii. I will be using the EFM22 on one and the EFM11-22 on the other.

Is there a way to limit the M6ii resolution down to 24MP without having to mess around with different focal lengths and then cropping so that it will match the M100 resolution for later layer stacking?

I look forward to your thoughts or other ideas.

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Canon PowerShot G12 Canon EOS M100 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM +11 more
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Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

kbdkbd wrote:

I want to experiment doing some merged (2 photoshop layers) imaging using my M6ii and my M100 mounted on a rail on a tripod. I know the angles will be off by a bit but I’m going to try to minimize that as much as possible by keeping the cameras close together on the rail.

The reason I need two cameras for this is because one is IR (M100), and I want to mask out some parts of the IR with overlaid regular spectrum image of the M6ii. I will be using the EFM22 on one and the EFM11-22 on the other.

Is there a way to limit the M6ii resolution down to 24MP without having to mess around with different focal lengths and then cropping so that it will match the M100 resolution for later layer stacking?

I look forward to your thoughts or other ideas.

Not at the taking stage.  You could resample the RAW M6II image to 24MP and export it as a 16 bit TIFF to maximise image quality.  You'll have to experiment with the exact scale of resampling as it's unlikely that the 22mm lens will match the focal length of the 22mm end of the zoom at the pixel level, even without the difference due to parallax.  Interesting project.

GreatOceanSoftware
GreatOceanSoftware Senior Member • Posts: 1,215
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

If you want to be a purist and keep it all in the family, maybe pick up a second M100 for cheap?

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OP kbdkbd Regular Member • Posts: 287
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

Many things to consider in your reply that I hadn’t planned on. I could always just swap out the 22mm between the cameras for the shots. That would eliminate the lens differences. But the resolution one could be a show stopper.

 kbdkbd's gear list:kbdkbd's gear list
Canon PowerShot G12 Canon EOS M100 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM +11 more
OP kbdkbd Regular Member • Posts: 287
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

This is a good suggestion and would make this project much easier, but after checking it appears used m100s are not that cheap.  In fact they are being sold for higher prices than I paid 3 years ago for a complete kit at Costco lol.

On average they are listed for $350~$450cdn.

 kbdkbd's gear list:kbdkbd's gear list
Canon PowerShot G12 Canon EOS M100 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM +11 more
ken_in_nh Senior Member • Posts: 2,399
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?
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kbdkbd wrote:

This is a good suggestion and would make this project much easier, but after checking it appears used m100s are not that cheap. In fact they are being sold for higher prices than I paid 3 years ago for a complete kit at Costco lol.

On average they are listed for $350~$450cdn.

Who would have thought a dead system like the m would be so attractive? 

OP kbdkbd Regular Member • Posts: 287
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?
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ken_in_nh wrote:

kbdkbd wrote:

This is a good suggestion and would make this project much easier, but after checking it appears used m100s are not that cheap. In fact they are being sold for higher prices than I paid 3 years ago for a complete kit at Costco lol.

On average they are listed for $350~$450cdn.

Who would have thought a dead system like the m would be so attractive?

And... after I wrote this today, I lucked out and found a used M100 in good shape with a 15-45 that was just posted 5hrs prior on Kijiji for a really good price that I picked up this afternoon. Now I have matching lenses and cameras.

Thanks for the suggestion, looks like I’m good to go.

 kbdkbd's gear list:kbdkbd's gear list
Canon PowerShot G12 Canon EOS M100 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM +11 more
GreatOceanSoftware
GreatOceanSoftware Senior Member • Posts: 1,215
Re: M6ii & M100 for merged photos?

Awesome! Glad it worked out well.

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Randy

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