Focus stacking on the Canon R7 - Tutorial (step-by-step) 

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Thanks for the valuable comment, that’s good to know

I would have imagined that no one would suggest trying this technique hand-held! But I have yet to watch the video. Still a tripod would not hurt!

thanks for the tip!

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Thank you!

Have fun with the camera!

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Have fun 😊

That's very important! I am using this function to take macro photos for my online store products - imagine you have to stack the hundreds of pics manually - it's a nightmare even if possible in Photoshop! I picked the wrong camera (Sony), now I have to sell it to buy the new Canon R8 for this and the 4k 60p functions. Beware the older RP does NOT do in-camera stacking, that's why it's now so cheap.

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Thanks a lot for your kind words, Vimal 😊

Mr. Krishna the correct preposition would be "At" this young age, not "In". I offer this only b/c I reckon you welcome any opportunity to improve your already excellent English.

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Hi! I usually shoot craw, just the composite image will be jpeg. I have a video here that explains the C1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YJYNRkbHAgY.html

Sometimes proper programs can indeed give better results. But you can do it in-camera and see if it looks good to you. If not, you can still use the individual raw files and stack it in post

Yes, and if I recall correctly it only works in AF mode

Thanks! No, unfortunately it doesn’t work with flash

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It’s quite fast. But I‘m not sure if it’s the full 30fps or a bit lower (might also depend on the focus increments)

No, unfortunately I don’t think there is a formula. I assume with time you get kind of a feeling for it

Thanks! Yes, on the R5 it works exactly As you described

That is correct. They will do a focus bracket but only the R7 will compile them in the camera.

@@ForrestWest Just an opinion: Using the in camera compilation may be easier but disabling it lets you delete the extra shots that cause too much background to be sharp and also allows you to delete any images that you might feel introduced some problem (a live insect flicking an antenna). The big thing is with DPP4 you can save the result as a 16 bit TIFF for further processing in the software of your choice. JPG only? No thanks.

But it is in any way recording the raw files. So you can always process them (or delete some) in DPP. Or am I missing something?

Haha, good idea! I‘ve always had a bit problems with the connection of my R5 and iPhone. No idea why

It worked with the R7 + Sigma 150. but I couldn’t test the 105

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography thanks :)

To my knowledge yes 😊

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography yes it does , find it also to the manual . The thing is it stores all photos but nevermind. Thank you again keep up

I don’t think you need focus stacking for astrophotography. There you rather stack for reducing noise, right?

Yes there are various models of different brands. But I can’t remember all of them by heart

I did this with an Atomos Ninja

It should work basically the same. You will need less pictures though

Thanks ☺️ You need to have AF enabled

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography allright good to know 👍

Hi! Yes, exactly. I assume it should also work with the 105mm

Thank you dear!

Thanks! It was the Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro

Hi! Sorry for asking but does this focus stacking work on Laowa lenses?

Yes, I think you need to activate it every time you restart the camera or change the mode (M, Av, etc.)

You can always stack them later 😊 the r7 also takes the individual photos in raw

For landscape photography were you need a lot of depth of field for sure. I never tried how well it works for long exposures (the merging part)

I thought so, yes

I think only electronic (at least on my R5)

To my knowledge focus stacking doesn’t work with flash

I think the R7 has a correction for focus breathing. If not you will probably need to merge them in post

Hi! To my knowledge the stacking doesn’t work with flash

Thanks

I use the OM1 and godox V860iii and you can focus stack with that combination or other flashes .

I think focus bracketing doesn’t work with flash on the R7

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography Thanks

No, I think it would not help for your moon photos

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography The moon being that far, the depth of field does not really come into play like a macro would. Gotcha

No 🙁

Yes!

Hi! No, I didn’t encounter this. But I did very limited testing. Did you manage to merge the raw files with DPP?

I did encounter this message today, mean that the subject is not enough shallow to produce stacking. Understandably, my subject was quite far and my aperture was big enough to cover the entire subject so the internal software just say it wassn't worth it's time and resource :p

If you want to skip the introduction, yep 😊

Yes, it works pretty much the same

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography Thank you very much. I sold a couple of my smaller Sony cameras and plan to buy an R10 just for stills and macro shots. I don't doubt anymore :)

I think it only works on newer cameras (R10, R7, R6 II, R8 etc)

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography thanks Fabian I already brought the RP bugger

No, the lens needs to have AF

Die only see the final image? Or multiple images but less than 40?

Hi! There is no camera called „Canon RF“. Which model do you mean?

I don’t know for which exact lenses it works to be honest. Also regarding the number of shots, I never tried anything over 60 I think (not necessary for my needs)

What does 60 frames mean? Bracketing or stacking in camera? I guess bracketing?@@FabianFoppNaturephotography

I never tried more for either stacking or bracketing. But maybe google knows how many are possible with the R7

The lens need to be auto focus . Mp-e 65mm is manual focus lens . So you can not use for in camera focus bracketing

@@balbirkandola2472 I don't use MP-e 65mm :) The question here is about EF-S 60mm macro.

Unfortunately, no

Did you enable the depth composite setting?

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography I tried to but it forbid my choice of 1:1 picture ratio, so I didn’t use it - is that the reason why it wouldn’t process the stacks in-camera?

Yes, that’s the reason. Just leave the aspect ratio at 3:2 and crop later - you don’t loose anything with that

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography I tried it and it worked beautifully- thanks so much, no other reviewers offer this level of details 👍👍👍😊😊

I honestly don’t know what’s the limit for the R7 but it is for sure a lot more than 15 😊

I‘m not sure if it works with stacked sensors (R3)

Exactly. On the R5 you need to stack them on the computer afterwards

Yes, to my knowledge

@@FabianFoppNaturephotography Awesome, thanks!

Nein, meines Wissens nicht

Nein, meines Wissens nicht

Maybe the card is too slow. Which one did you use?

I use a Sandisk Extreme Pro 200MB/s V30. Do you think that’s still too slow?

Did you try if it’s better with craw?

I only used it for 30-40 shots and there I had no issues

I use primarily this SD card: bhpho.to/3RZe0uZ For my R5 I prefer CFexpress

Thanks for answer @@FabianFoppNaturephotography