Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad you enjoyed it

My pleasure!

My pleasure!

All good stuff that will inevitably get even better

It’s on my to-do list

How bout pixel shift not being merged in camera? Or HDR in camera?

@@net200777 pixel shift is so lame, I tried it a few times you cannot be inside a big building has to be on the ground. The slightest movement would make the picture worse than standard just a publicity stunt feature that no one probably use.

I think this feature added to future firmware updates for other cameras. I don't, however, think Sony read the comments on my channel so you views may be better directed to a Sony video channel. My channel is primarily for education and to support owners. Unfortunately I have no say in what does, and does not, make it to firmware updates.

@@net200777 given how long it take for my PC to merge a pixel shift, it makes sense you can't do it in camera.

I am hoping there will be a firmware upgrade for the A7IV and A1 to add this feature.

I think PS is more stressed on the GPU than the ram. A beefy GPU will speed up the process.

I resorted to shooting compressed for focus stacks and pixel shifts.

For me it works in studio with studio strobes.

@@wolfnard1 Thanks for your answer. That's good news. For example, canon only allows you to use bracketing with electronic shutter, which overrides the use of flash... are you using it with mechanical shutter?

It is possible to use flash with mechanical shutter

@@julianloboguerrero yes

It should stop itself when the focus reaches infinity or the maximum number of shots you have set has been reached.

I haven't tried it with flash so the best advice I can offer is give it a go. If the feature doesn't like it it will soon let you know by not complying with a workflow it doesn't not recognise.

Fingers Crossed

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Hmm, FW 2.0 is out and it doesn’t look like focus bracketing was added to the A7IV. But I’m not going to complain, I yield to the A1 and A7sIII owners. Those customers have been in the queue much longer for features update (e.g. focus breathing compensation) via firmware.

Narrow or wide is just a choice of how many shots you are prepared let your software handle

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank You

It mostly stops taking photos when it has enough shots, but will sometimes stop early or go on too long when shooting close-up work.

It works for me as you can see in this video - check your AF/MF switch was set to AF

@@AlphaCreativeSkills The sharpness on images changed from the front to the back but just while I'm viewing them on the camera the focus points do not change. It still stay at the same position of nearest point, thanks.

You are missing nothing - I have requested Sony refine this feature in future updates.

The A9III does not focus bracket using its fast Hi+ Drive mode. It's not generally considered as a useful feature for most Pro Sports shooters.

As an Ambassador you might think I get advanced warning …but I don’t. The first I new of the A1 and the A7RIV cameras was at the international announcement. Now I tend to get a box a few days before it launches but they don’t come with any instructions. Firmware I only get when it becomes publicly available.

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Hehe, no I understand. But would be great if other cameras get this function! Really missed it on the Sony. Great work by the way, quality channel.

@@alexkooistra me too, especially for macro indeed. had I known beforehand I would have opted for another brand. It would be really good to have a firmware update for the 7RIV too.

The Nikon 800 was my last Nikon before I moved to using Sony cameras with Sony sensors rather than Nikon cameras with Sony sensors

It should be possible to create one if you can dial in aperture, focal length and precise distance to the nearest subject but I don’t know that anyone had done this work yet.

I will make some requests to Sony

Does turning the settings effect view off not work with focus bracketing? On my A7iii I turn it off and suddenly everything is visible for my macro & flash manual focus. Maybe I misread your comment, if so, sorry!

@@paulcollingridge8387 On the a7r5 when I go to focus bracketing drive mode the settings effect goes on even though I had it off before going to that mode....cannot be turned off when in focus bracketing mode......that is the problem.

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks Mark....highly appreciated.

I use a Sony 90mm macro lens to shoot jewelry, with the modeling lights of 2 opposing Godox AD200's to brighten the image in live view, and the strobe to get the correct exposure. I get great results.

My sony flash works seamlessly with focus bracketing - no need for silent mode

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you so much

I think this feature can best be described as ‘work in progress’

@@AlphaCreativeSkills I agree this feature still need some enhancement. Perhaps one of the most important thing Sony missed on the focus bracketing is it doesn't allow you to shoot more than 30 seconds(with the bulb timer). Reason I brought it up is when you shoot nightscape or astro landscape at night, often time you are in the pitch dark. In order to focus the subject in the dark, you need to use a flash light to shine on the distanced subject to focus. Not only this method is inefficient, but a lot of time it's inappropriate. It will attract unwanted attention at night and cause the light pollution, blind other people's night vision and/or ruin other photographer's shots. So I thought in camera focus bracketing would be a perfect solution for astro landscape photographers, because you no longer need to shine lights to focus the subject in the dark. Just set the parameters, let the camera focuses from the nearest point to infinity and your job is done. But why Sony doesn't let you shoot more than 30 seconds in focus bracketing drive mode?! We all know 30 second exposure is not enough light in pitch dark. Especially with the high resolution cameras like the A7R V! This drives me crazy. And it makes me to buy Nikon's cameras instead. Because even with Nikon's mid level cameras like the Z6 II, it allows me the shoot up too 900 seconds with focus shift as well as the interval shoot(so I can shoot star trails). When Sony finally added the focus bracketing and bulb timer up to 900 in the A7R V, I was excited for a bit. But WHY Sony doesn't make these 2 great features work together?! I am a programmer. I know it's just few line of code change can make it happen. Unless it's physically un archivable. I really hope Sony will fix this bug in their future firmware updates!

Time will tell - Unfortunately I am not privy to this information

It's accurate enough but on ultra wide-angle lenses I like the Zeiss Batis approach of putting a distance scale in an LED window that also allows you to find the hyperfocal distance. I had peaking on when making this demo but it is not recorded by my Ninja.

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks for your help!

The camera can’t move the focus of a manual focus lens

The hyperfocal distance

I didn't try it with this lens but I don't see why not if the lens is set to AF rather than MF.

Correct - the best sensors, AF Tracking and lenses - mostly the bits that really count. Software is getting better slowly.

It first appeared on the A7RV and has not yet been backdated to any models released before the A7RV.

Even the slightest focus breathing would be an issue …so no

Let’s hope so 🤞

This can, however, change what is visible/not visible behind the foreground subject with close-up photography

@@AlphaCreativeSkills True, that can be a problem. It also works better with longer focal length macro lenses, too, as they have less perspective distortion of foreground objects. Longer lenses have longer working distance, too, which helps.

Thanks for your input 👍🙂

Switching to MF mode on the lens disables the ability of the camera to change the focus of the lens.

@@AlphaCreativeSkills thanks

Most serious macro photographers would use a macro rail and not use a camera driven focus stacking feature

Let’s hope Sony decide to do what they did in 2019 and go on a retro-fitting blitz with firmware update roadmaps for their A7lll, A7Rlll and A9 cameras.

The main reason for this is that it had not been invented yet. Ideally what we should be hoping for is that a firmware update will give the A7IV the functionality.

From the Drive Mode settings (same place as the focus bracketing)

I have asked Sony to implement the workflow you have outlined. I can, however, only outline the current workflows. Your request should be copied to a Sony forum as Sony do not monitor this channel. The Japanese also respond very badly if the request is considered disrespectful.

The A1 is primarily a sports camera and focus bracketing is a landscape and macro feature + Sony have never been great with firmware updates. The camera still has no equal for capturing high-resolution action shots some 3-years after its release.

How do you work out Sony is ripping you off by adding a feature - have they taken money out of your bank account or charged you more for this feature?

That is a question for the Firmware engineers on a Sony forum. I can only educate Alpha owners on what is available to them at this moment in time.