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Re: [OM] OM-D E-M1 Mark II or?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D E-M1 Mark II or?
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:17:45 +0000
That’s an interesting function, Moose.  Thanks.

Chris

> On 19 Jan 18, at 00:45, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> but here’s a question for Moose:  how do you limit your focus bracket?
> 
> There are setting for number of slices and distance between them. Any 
> fussbudget and/or pixel peeper should leave "focus differential" at one. The 
> camera works from the current focus point toward infinity, and stops when it 
> hits the set count or infinity. I have Fn buttons set for 15 and for 25 
> slices. The distance between slices depends on FL and aperture, using some 
> internal DoF table. So, f8, with it's inherent deeper DoF will have a greater 
> depth in in/cm for the same number of slices than one shot at f4. I usually 
> use f5.6, as it's the sweet spot for optical qualities for most µ4/3 lenses.
> 
> Most frustrating is when I miss the closest point. Second is when the stack 
> isn't deep enough, but that sometimes looks quite natural, as though one had 
> a preternaturally deep DoF lens that does fade OoF in the deepest parts.
> 
>> How do you limit the focus to the bits that you want in focus?
> 
> First, clarification. The E-M1 bodies do completely in-camera focus stacking, 
> which is inadequate other than as curio, as far as I can see. I can go into 
> why . . .
> 
> Both E-M1 bodies and the E-M5 II also do focus bracketing, producing a series 
> of image files at different focal distances. Assuming it has gone too deep 
> for your purposes, you simply leave the too deep files out of the blending 
> process. I browse through the stack in FastStone, to find which to leave out 
> of the stack and blending.
> 
> Layered Moose

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