Auto focus stack

[Jonathan Cross]

This is my first auto focus stack on my Fuji X-T4.  Manual focus used, near point set just in front of closest point on flowers, far point set just behind furthest point on flowers.  Camera decided to take 26 images, which were then processed from RAW in Helicon Focus.  I shall use it again.

Best wishes,

Jonathan

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Works beautifully.

[MattBurt]

Yeah looks great. That's a nice feature I kind of wish my Pentax cameras had. It's the kind of specialty feature they often like to include.
Maybe one day or maybe I'll have to switch systems...

[rdonson]

Great example of focus stacking.  I let the X-T4 do the same thing for some of my landscape photos as well as macros.  I'm a happy camper.

[Martin Kristiansen]

For me the single most annoying thing about Sony is the lack of this ability.

[MattBurt]

For me the single most annoying thing about Sony is the lack of this ability.

It seems like a killer feature!

[Martin Kristiansen]

It seems like a killer feature!

I don’t need it often and have never felt the urge to use focus stacking for personal work but every now and again, such as tomorrow, I find it useful commercially. Then I am forced to do it manually and stitch together in Helicon. My gear has to do double duty. Work for me with my personal projects and make me a living. In this one area I feel short changed. I suspect I could find others with careful thought but why poke that bear.

[MattBurt]

I don’t need it often and have never felt the urge to use focus stacking for personal work but every now and again, such as tomorrow, I find it useful commercially. Then I am forced to do it manually and stitch together in Helicon. My gear has to do double duty. Work for me with my personal projects and make me a living. In this one area I feel short changed. I suspect I could find others with careful thought but why poke that bear.

I got into doing some near/far long telephoto landscapes last summer that lend themselves well to stacking and I'd like to do more. But it can be a chore both while shooting and in post. So making it a little easier would get me to do it more and the results can look great if it all comes together. I hate when I realize I should have stacked after the fact when I didn't.