Focus Bracketing with the Canon R5

[@losttracks7625]

I didn’t even know my camera had this function, now I’m very excited cheers man

[@63barty]

I use Focus Bracketing for macro photography using my 100-500mm lens. I photograph Dragonflies and Damselflies at close quarters and it's the best way to get the full depth of field on the subject, as long as it stats still that is - works a treat

[@lafrenchfocale9151]

thansk a lot, very interessting video, AMAZING place, it's so beautifull !!!

[@photocreativity]

Great video. I liked your umbrella protecting your camera from the rain.

[@mibreit-photo]

Thanks. My newest Video Talks more about the Setup in Rain and other wet conditions.

[@MrAlonsharoni]

Saw your video about the l bracket and ordered one for.myself...tnx 😃

[@ulmyoc]

great job Michael. You the man!

[@Practicaleyes]

Thank you for this beautiful video Michael. The tutorial was helpful and the images are just stunning

[@dougnelson423]

Excellent video Michael, Thanks.

[@khanikhan5414]

Very helpful 👍btw the intro was epic🔥❤️

[@mariolombardi4766]

Michael! Thanks for this great video! What umbrella are you using and how do you attach it to your R5? Thanks Mario

[@mibreit-photo]

have a look here under "miscellaneous" -> www.mibreit-photo.com/equipment.html

[@elwelkin]

Rain and fok is always good 😊

[@rmanuelb]

Awesome Michael! So it means that settings remain the same for all photos, but focus point changes. Nice feature.

[@mibreit-photo]

Exactly

[@ceesnabuursfauna2115]

I used this for mushrooms recently on my R6, settings depend on the size of the object, distance and lens what settings you have to use. Lens Sigma 105 Macro F2.8. Settings 10 picture's and on the scale 1 to 10 I used 3. With these settings I had the complete mushroom sharp, and the background stays nice blurry. Ofcoarse because you keep the lens (nearly) open. Before I did some testing at home to learn the needed settings for the lens.

[@cartmanbruh23]

what a place!!! where is this?

[@seanroche6720]

Excellent video, love the images. Curious as to which L bracket you use, I had a Kirk on my Mkiv and that’s just been released for R5 I believe.

[@mibreit-photo]

The cheapest l bracket I ever bought - smallrig. And it works perfect

[@seanroche6720]

Thanks Michael, I did wonder if it was. I might just purchase one of those, quite a significant saving.

[@Beboyphotography]

Hi Michael! Great video. Do you use any protective filter on your lens? If yes, could you please tell me if there is any extra vignetting visible at 15mm? Thanks for your reply 🙏

[@mibreit-photo]

I use the Kase K9 polarizer here. Magnetic and no Vignette. I can even use two slim Kase GND Filters at 15 with the K9 and no Vignette

[@Beboyphotography]

@@mibreit-photo thanks Michael for your reply.

[@brainpope6660]

Great colors!!! Was all video shot on a R5? In one shot we see the R5 on a tripod so I got a little confused.))

[@mibreit-photo]

Was all R5 with Tripod. ISO was between 1600 and 3200 I think.

[@kennethlui2268]

Very beautiful scene. I love the fog in this scenario. So the R5 automatically stacks all the photos for you? Or you have to merge them together in post-processing?

[@mibreit-photo]

No, I have to do it manually. I get a couple of raw files with different focus. For such a scene here I can take 5 different focus brackets in less than a second. I think with the IBIS active I could even handhold in such a scenario, if I ever forget my tripod ;-)

[@yupingsu5433]

So the answer is: you take pictures with R5, and ghen merge them with post-processing?

[@karamaticedm3693]

Great video thank you. I have a mirror lens macro 100m L but don’t know which adapter I should use to work with the mirror less body r5. Which would you recommend please?

[@mibreit-photo]

What lens do you have? You can adapt EF lenses with the official canon adapter. About other lenses I have no idea.

[@Fedilli]

As always very interesting video ! Thanks ;-)

[@jaimemontilla7675]

Michael, what did you set your number of shots to in the focus bracketing menu? Could not tell in the video. Looked like it was in the 30s.

[@mibreit-photo]

The number has to be Set to a high number, it's a stupid setting. Just go with 50 or 100. The camera will stop once it has reached infinity. For that are mostly between 5 and 7 shots or even less with small aperture

[@mariuskasteckas774]

Hi Michael, nice video! I have stupid question. :) Do you need to merge photos in photoshop, or camera will do this automatically? Thank you!

[@mibreit-photo]

In photoshop. You get several RAW files from the Bracketing

[@mariuskasteckas774]

Michael Breitung Thank you, got it! 🙂 Have a nice day! Best regards from Ireland.

[@peterebel7899]

There is a merging feature in Canons SW as well. How good it stands against PS? I do not know, still waiting for R5.

[@rudyvanos]

What I did for the non-automatic 14bit focus stacking is enable touch shutter and the 2nd timer. Then just tap on the screen. I think on a tripod with a wide aperture you don't need THAT many photos for landscape anyway? I guess for macro it's a different story and you need tons of photos. Also when doing it in automatic it is very unclear to me at which distances it really photographs during shooting (it's also annoying to figure out in the edit). Is there any guide on this? Does your 1st focus point matter or does it just go from MFD to infinity? And even then, in which steps? Are they linear etc.?

[@mibreit-photo]

It always starts at first focus Point and goes to infinity. And with narrow focus increment I get good overlap. A complete stack takes less than a second and there will also be just minimal movement between the shots. That's the big plus. But 12 bit is a drawback. I will test with your suggestions too, thanks

[@rudyvanos]

@@mibreit-photo thanks for replying, but then how do the increment values translate? Does it mean that if the increment is small it might not go to infinity?

[@mibreit-photo]

@@rudyvanos thats why I just Set the number of shots high enough. EG 50 or even 100. It will never reach that number but it ensures it always reaches infinity. Stupid setting

[@hawklightstudios]

Beautiful footage of the forest. Sorry if I missed this but can you confirm if the automatically stacked images are standard 14bit raw files? Or are they compressed raw? If they are compressed can you notice the difference in quality? Thanks!

[@mibreit-photo]

They are 12bit as far as I know. I will do some comparisons in the future. But I guess in more intense processing I might notice. That's why I always combine a normal shot

[@hawklightstudios]

@@mibreit-photo Thanks!

[@LeeMayChee]

👍 Nice photo, thinking of getting a R5 too. May I know if use RF lens on R5, is the focus stacking function able to working fine too?

[@mibreit-photo]

I used focus stacking both with my 15-35 RF lens and my 70-200 Ef lens

[@LeeMayChee]

Thanks for your reply, Michael.

[@LeeMayChee]

@@mibreit-photo Thanks for your info.

[@michaelsmith5525]

There is a complete list of compatible rF lenses on the Canon website in FAQS on R6 page FAQ ID: 8204818900

[@horrgakx]

Nice - do you use Photoshop Layer Blending afterwards? I'm wondering how it copes with 30+ images....

[@mibreit-photo]

For me its usually between 2 and 6 images to stack. Thats done with layers in PS. I have a Video about it in this Channel

[@horrgakx]

@@mibreit-photo thanks I'll look it up. You have a new subscriber :)

[@mibreit-photo]

Here is one -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSnmGyNlL6ebM0

[@fathampeak]

Greetings Michael, I'm curious what bracket you are using to hold your Blunt unbrella to the tripod centre column? Thank you, Guy (N.Z-home of Blunt umbrellas!).

[@mibreit-photo]

Greetings Guy, here's a link to Amazon UK where it's still available -> www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071WFJPPY/?tag=httpwwwmibr03-21 It's not as nice as a Blunt umbrella, but it holds it quite well :-)

[@seabreezeof]

Focus bracketing, I know that's what Canon is calling it, but its really focus stacking. My question is how do you enable focus bracketing where you have a bracket sequence & number of brackets. Example: a series of 5 shots - 1 & 2 under and + 1 & 2 over and 0 in the middle . I know the settings for it is in the orange tab, where you have bracket sequence & number of brackets but how is it enabled to shoot a series of brackets

[@mibreit-photo]

You cannot combine the two.

[@woldsweather]

Should I be able to do this with the Canon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS NANO USM EF-S Zoom Lens?

[@mibreit-photo]

Efs lenses are not designed for full frame like the R5. Which camera do you use?

[@woldsweather]

Maybe not but Canons list of compatible lenses included some EF/ I have the R5 hence the question.

[@mibreit-photo]

@@woldsweather I have an old 70-200 f4 which I use with Adapter. Focus stacking also works with Adapter

[@ronsteelman6025]

What is manufacturer of your L-Bracket?

[@mibreit-photo]

Smallrig. Cheap but good. RRS and Kirk were just to slow this time and I'm actually glad. It saved me more than 100bucks

[@ronsteelman6025]

@@mibreit-photo Thank you Michael for your reply...I have one ordered.

[@mibreit-photo]

@@ronsteelman6025 I think by now I can safely say, you will like it. In the beginning I was skeptical, but I've now had it on some travels and really put it to the test and it has me convinced ;-)

[@DerDepp2]

I struggle a lot with this feature. Capturing landscapes I usually require 3-5 focus layers, but setting this number of shots in the bracketing feature will not give me the results I want. I was hoping that the camera, knowing which lens is attached and the closet focusing distance, will evenly split the remaining focus range according to the number of shots I typed in. But even with setting the increment to 10 will require me to shoot way more than 30 images, depening on how close the foreground elements are. What am I missing?

[@mibreit-photo]

That's strange. For me it usually stops after 4 or 5. I just set the number to 40 or so, but it is never reached when I shoot my typical wide angle landscapes. Maybe there's a problem with the lens you have. Are the photos too close together, or does it continue shooting into infinity where all is already unsharp anyways?

[@DieWitzfritte]

Unfassbar schöner Wald. Ich suche auch schon lange nach einem schönen Wald ohne viel Bodengestrüpp.

[@andreasbrand3191]

Interesting, didn't know it would automatically stop if it reached infinity. Like the comment from Klaus below I wonder how the camera determines that it has reached infinity. What if the objective lenses aren't properly calibrated and it would have to focus 'beyond' the lenses infinity setting in order to get horizon or stars in focus? Obviously it wouldn't be hard for it to just detect via phase pixels or just local histogram analysis if it has to go further or not but then there would be an 'automatic' mode for the focus bracketing which I don't see in the R5's manual.

[@lacayoj]

nice, man

[@mordavian]

Is it possible to make this with mechanical shutter?

[@mibreit-photo]

Unfortunately No. But I have a Video comparing quality. Most Situations there is no noticeable difference.

[@mordavian]

@@mibreit-photo it is available in the menu when i am using mechanical shutter but i think i need to switch to electronic shutter first.

[@mibreit-photo]

@@mordavian You don't need to switch to electronic. It will just do it. Once you deactivate the feature, you're back to the shutter mode you have set in the menu

[@mordavian]

@@mibreit-photo Thank you. I will try with my sigma 50 Art but it may be incompatible.

[@mibreit-photo]

I use it for both RF and EF lenses with adapter. It should not matter. Let me know if it works

[@anonymouspdg6121]

Hi, great set of videos in the forest. This is a lazy question, as I could read up in the manual but as you have been so good to provide this video, I'm sure you can answer. When focus bracketing is activated, the benefit is obviously that the camera will automatically take the images, moving focus on each shot, rather than you doing it. Are the images combined in camera or do you do this is post processing?

[@mibreit-photo]

The camera takes a set of raw images, which you can later either combine automatically in the Canon DP Software or in Photoshop (either manually or automatically)

[@johnkantar3082]

thank you

[@Dustinrhoades]

Thanks

[@AlfonsoSalgueiroLora]

Love the introduction! Great video as usual, nice feature on the R5 but unfortunately we don’t have such an automated focus stacking feature in the Sony world. I also love how « clean » the forest floor is, where I live they are sooooooo messy. All the best!

[@mibreit-photo]

It took me years to find such a perfect photo forest. Mostly its not that clean. But beech forest are usually the right thing to look for

[@AlfonsoSalgueiroLora]

@@mibreit-photo I live in Luxembourg and we mostly have beech forests and despite the very controlled logging which allow us to have large forest areas this means the trees are generally young and the forest floor very messy. I will keep searching for the holy "clean floor" forest ;-)

[@johnkantar3082]

Have a look a a unit called Premote control its discontinued but can be purchased on e-bay

[@klaus.bernhard]

Servus Michael, nur zu gut kenn ich das "Zeitproblem" beim manuellen Stacken. Ich kenn auch diese Funktion u. Hab sie auch in meiner Kamera. So wies aussieht, ganz gleich aufgebaut. Einziges Problem: man bestimmt den nächstgelegenen Fokuspunkt, aber es gibt nicht die Möglichkeit, auch den am weites entfernten fest zu legen. So kommt es vor, daß nicht immer in RI. Infinity alles scharf ist. Hast du da Erfahrung? Ev. muss man aus dem Grund sehr viele Bilder schießen, bin mir aber nicht sicher das damit Ink. Infinity alles wirklich scharf ist. Es fehlt einfach die 2. Variable I. RI. unendlich?? LG Klaus

[@andreasbrand3191]

Hm, hab ich das richtig verstanden? Du hast Objektive welche über unendlich hinaus fokussieren müssen, damit sie bei unendlich scharf sind? Und da hilft auch nicht die Anzahl der Bilder deutlich zu erhöhen und eine Einstellung wie bei der R5 den Abstand der Fokuspunkte zu erhöhen hilft auch nicht? Da würde ich mich mal an den Kamera-Hersteller wenden. Bei mir (Canon user) ist es anders herum. All meine Objektive müssen auf weniger als unendlich (abgelesen am Objektivring) eingestellt werden, da sie dort garnichts mehr scharf abbilden. Das ist auch der Grund weshalb Live-View unersetzlich ist (meiner Meinung nach) für Astrofotografie. Man muss halt den Stern scharf abbilden und dieser Fokus-Punkt ist bei keinem meiner Objektive wirklich ablesbar dort wo unendlich steht....

[@klaus.bernhard]

@@andreasbrand3191 Nein, nein, da hab ich mich wohl unpräzise ausgedrückt. Nix über unendlich hinaus. Wollte sagen, das es bei dieser Kameraeinstellung en Unsicherheiten gibt, weil ich den hintersten Fokuspunkt nicht - so wie den vordesten- bestimmen kann. Sorry, wenn ich falsch artikuliert hab Klaus

[@mibreit-photo]

@@klaus.bernhard die R5 und rp machen so lange Fotos bis die Kamera nicht mehr weiter entfernt fokussieren kann. Stell dir das so vor als ob du das objektiv auf Anschlag drehst, also weiter als unendlich Fokus. Man muss nur die Anzahl der Bilder hoch genug einstellen wie ich das im Video mache

[@andreasbrand3191]

@@mibreit-photo hm ok... hört sich erstmal gut an. Frage mich dann allerdings warum es überhaupt eine Bildanzahl gibt, wenn man nur ein Limit (Nahgrenze) einstellen kann. sinnvoller wäre der Modus ja dann tatsächlich mit Nah- und Fern-grenze (per Touchpad) ODER einfach automatisch "ab" Naheinstellgrenze bzw. "kompletter" Fokusbereich. naja, es funktioniert ja so wie du es machst scheinbar ;-) Beim Fokus Bracketing kann man 999 Bilder einstellen, beim Intervalometer aber nur 99... völlig logisch! ;-)

[@mibreit-photo]

@@andreasbrand3191 ist ein dummes setting. Hast du recht

[@fotostudionuvisions7833]

Sehr schön, hätte mir am Ende nur so ein paar Ergebnisse in Bildern gewünscht,...

[@mibreit-photo]

Ich brauche immer zu lange zum Bearbeiten der Bilder ;-)

[@andreasbrand3191]

@@mibreit-photo das ist doch aber auch ein großer Teil des Spaß des Hobbys, jedenfalls für mich. Ähnlich des Entwicklens bei Film Kameras.

[@allanmarshall4582]

you took 39 shots for this?

[@mibreit-photo]

No, you just need to Set a high number and then never touch this setting again. Camera stops at infinity. Here it was 5 shots.

[@allanmarshall4582]

@@mibreit-photo Thank You

[@CoreyGemme]

Where is this location?

[@mibreit-photo]

German Rhön

[@idahofallsmagazine3691]

Note to self: content regarding the R5 focus bracketing feature begins at 5:22. Good grief.

[@mibreit-photo]

Yea back then I didnt get to the point very fast ;-) watch my newer Videos

[@johnnyinterval]

I feel like if had any idea what he was saying id really benefit from it

[@Mrラメに]

Longest into ever

[@pozitivk]

Focus bracketing without interval option (work with flash/strobe) is rubish

[@mibreit-photo]

Except for those who dont use flash ;-)