How to use Canon's Focus Bracketing Feature Canon R6 Mark II R7 R8 and others

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4 ай бұрын

How to focus bracket.
I use the Canon R6 Mark II focus bracketing feature to photograph some Funk Pop Vinyl figures. I show you how to use the focus bracket feature and what settings I prefer. The Focus Bracket feature will create a focus-stacked "depth composite" for you in-camera and output a jpg of the stacked image. I used the RF 24-104 f/4 L IS USM lens for these shots. Join me at my product photography studio!
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@chimpy9823 4 ай бұрын

Love it Phil, a great easy to understand tutorial on how to focus stack in Canon cameras, much easier than trying to understand Canons instructions 👍

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MrTmiket0007 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil for sharing another great video like always 👍

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@socalduck1 Ай бұрын

Thank you Phil. I own a Canon R8 and have been trying to figure out how to best set up my focus bracketing parameters. Your simple explanation and demonstration were spot on to what I needed. Great job.

@PhilThach Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@GalacticoUC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil, this is very helpful!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@davidct2406 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil, another well explained video. I especially liked the bit where you added the extra 15 shots to bring the back of your Sony camera into focus - that part really showed how the adjustment changed things.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AlbertD711 15 күн бұрын

Thanks for the very interesting video. You make things so easy to understand and put into practice.

@PhilThach 15 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@Eli4Bill 4 ай бұрын

Excellent demonstration Phil, thanks!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@danwilliams5335 4 ай бұрын

Nicely done. I'm sure this is going to be really helpful to a lot of folks out there. Important content.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Dan!

@brookemiller7230 4 ай бұрын

That’s cool. Thanks for showing us about it.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ivan11cast 4 ай бұрын

Wow this is a great video!! Never heard of this till now! 👍👍👍

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Give it a try! 👍

@nickclaytonphotography 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant vlog Phil! Well explained & executed. Another feature I haven’t yet used, but am now keen to give it a go. Thanks for sharing. Keep on keeping on! Best, Nick (Suffolk, UK 🇬🇧)

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@adrianalfordphotography 4 ай бұрын

Great tutorial Phil. Well explained. Thanks for sharing

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Adrian!

@panzer948 2 ай бұрын

Just got the R6 MkII and this is great for diorama/scale model photography.

@PhilThach 2 ай бұрын

I hope you have success with it! :)

@edwardmorton7246 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I'm excited to try it.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@OurAwesomeUniverse Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@NECPER 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great demo Phil. / Per, Denmark

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@augusto_alves 4 ай бұрын

I must try this on my R8. Thank you!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, it’s a great feature and worth trying out!

@echoprimera462 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for the demonstration. It is helpful. I am puzzling if I can achieve the same result by using a large f number aperture.

@PhilThach 12 күн бұрын

I don't think you can get the same result by using a smaller aperture. You can get close but not perfect like this. Also, with extremely small apertures (large numbers) you will also have to content with diffraction adversely affecting the sharpness of your image.

@eskrima1 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@373737123 2 ай бұрын

The Best explanation 💯💯💯 thank you 🥰

@PhilThach 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@allenbuyck7957 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I don’t shoot Canon, but this was still very helpful !!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@adragon3210 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I have tried macro a few times after watching a few KZfaq vids but non of them mentioned about the increments and about adding extra pictures, perhaps this might explain my lackluster results. Can't wait to try your way instead.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Good luck!

@Kellysher 4 ай бұрын

Hey Phil! Love the shirt! At my age, most things far away from me are already “ bokehfied”. I don’t have this feature on my camera, but it’s good to know that it exists and how it works!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@poppacapnurass2608 10 күн бұрын

great demo Can you advise how one might estimate the number of images require to shoot from the closest to farthest focal point to get a stack throughout those points? For example, if I was shooting a scene of a lighthouse and a foreground 30m apart, how many images would be required at a given f/ ?

@PhilThach 9 күн бұрын

Thank you! You have to use trial and error. For a scene like that you can put in a large number of shots. The camera will stop shooting when it gets to infinity. You can use a larger step value for a scene like that.

@a_commonman 4 ай бұрын

Wow that's an awesome video ❤.. I always wondered how it works. Now I got it. By looking at your a6700, I am thinking of shifting to a6700 due to scarcity of good lightweight dedicated lens for my R7. What is ur opinion ? Is it a better idea ?

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I love my a6700 and a lot of the reason for that is lenses. I often use the Sigma 18-50 2.8 zoom with it. You just can't get something like that for the Canon R APSC cameras.

@Justinhoou 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil. Just wondering is the focus bracketing feature outputing jpeg format only or will it have the option to output raw format too? Is it possible to focus bracket handheld without tripod? Thanks.

@PhilThach 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! It outputs a JPEG only but it does also keep the raw photos that you made. You can do it handheld but you better have a steady hand.

@rickbottari600 4 ай бұрын

Since the camera has to be in auto focus what do you recommend, single, or servo mode, and should tracking be on auto or off ? Great video!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I turned tracking off and you can use single or servo just as long as you land your focus point on the closest thing in the frame that you want to be in focus.

@rickbottari600 4 ай бұрын

I shoot so much wildlife so servo is almost always engaged…📸

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

@@rickbottari600 same here! 👍

@charleyjin 4 ай бұрын

Hi Phil, I am your fan and watching every video you produced. One question though, do you know whether Canon Focus Bracketing work with flash light or not? I have seen Micael Widell used flash light to work with his OM-1 camera in macro shots. it works very well. Love to use flash light in Focus Bracketing with Canon's. Thanks!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Flash isn’t supported with the focus bracketing feature unfortunately. Excellent question, I should have mentioned that in the video.

@charleyjin 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for clear it out. Looking forward to having more informative videos out.

@vimalneha 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Phill I was wondering if it is in R7 or not.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, this feature is in the R7.

@TayouTroy 3 ай бұрын

Hi, do you know if I can set the focus bracket on to a custom button?

@PhilThach 3 ай бұрын

That’s not something I have ever tried, but it’s possible. I’m not really sure.

@nidheesh.k.b6105 4 ай бұрын

Why canon is not allowing focus stacking in mechanical shutter

@dalemansukh 4 ай бұрын

We getting a review of the 500mm Sigma Prime Phil?

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

I won’t be buying that one. I might rent it at some point.

@4487karthik Ай бұрын

Hi I do have R6 Mark II, may I use ef50mm f 1.8 for Focus Bracketing for my Jewelry Shoot?

@PhilThach Ай бұрын

You can try it. I'm not 100% sure it will work. Good luck!

@angelogarciajr5356 4 ай бұрын

Have you ever done this free hand or will that ruin the final image? Without flash, I have taken team shots in a gym with two or three rows of players and I normally dont have a tripod with me, players might be moving some, blinking, but wondered if focus stacking would help get all there rows in focus? I can try it I guess. Experiment. Thx

@angelogarciajr5356 4 ай бұрын

I just tried it with a cat sleeping on the roof out back free hand but steady. I did ten shots and assuming the 11th shot is the final. That worked pretty good. Normally the back of the cat would not be sharp with the 100-500.I need to use this more often. Thank you.

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

There’s a link to a macro video at the end of this video where I did it freehand on macro subjects. It is tough, but can work. I have not tried it freehand on large subjects like a cat or a group of students in some bleachers.

@charleyjin 4 ай бұрын

Hi Phil, I have a problem by using Focus Bracketing on my R7. I set up for 45 pictures but it only took 5 and stopped. I tried every setting as I know and could not solve the problem. Do you have any suggestions and recommendations? Thank you very much!

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

The camera will stop at the number of shots you set up or infinity, whichever comes first. So it must have reached infinity focus.

@charleyjin 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your advice!

@usernamemykel 29 күн бұрын

I have the Canon R10. Some folks on the Canon forum have said that I wouldn't be able to use flash with in-camera bracketing and stacking - have you tried it???

@PhilThach 28 күн бұрын

In camera stacking only works with electronic shutter, electronic shutter does not work with flash. I didn't realize that the R10 has this feature. Cool!

@JoelRiveraMD 4 ай бұрын

But can i even tell the camera to focus to infinity? Let’s say I shootint landscape , and I want to focus on a flower on the foreground and a mountain one Mile away . How do I do that ??

@PhilThach 4 ай бұрын

Increase the number of shoots until it gets to infinity. If you put in a high number of shots, it will get there.

@JoelRiveraMD 4 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach ohhhh got it ! Thanks

@isab1893 11 күн бұрын

Hi! i have a canon eos r but can’t find this option. Is it not possible in this camera? :(

@PhilThach 11 күн бұрын

R7, R6 Mark II and I think R8 have this feature.

@isab1893 10 күн бұрын

@@PhilThach thank you for the answer :) do you know another feature to get the same result? I have a similar task like the one you show in the video

@owenskene3946 2 ай бұрын

Don't you need a macro lens to make it work correctly?

@PhilThach 2 ай бұрын

No, as seen in this video, I didn't use a macro lens for my example. You can use a macro lens for macro subjects, my subject was large enough that a macro lens was not required to fill the frame. Subjects do not have to be tiny to benefit from focus bracketing and depth compositing. You can even use this technique for huge landscapes.

@bicycle85 2 ай бұрын

Sorry, how can i do exposure bracketing with canon r6 mark ii?

@PhilThach 2 ай бұрын

I don’t have my camera with me at this very moment, but I think it is very close to focus bracketing in the menus. Also, I don’t believe the camera will make an HDR stack in camera. You have to do it with third-party software.

@bicycle85 2 ай бұрын

@@PhilThach thx. Yes, at moment I’m using Lightroom to made Hdr photos but my question is related to astrographic photography for example, cause i need to shoot more photos more fast as possible in different exposure to avoid the “star trail” effect.