• Members 221 posts
    June 17, 2023, 11 p.m.

    The mathphotographer YouTube channel has posted a new tutorial on use of the focus bracketing feature on the X2D 100C. Hot pixel removal options are also discussed.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT_eeStCrTY

    Content:
    00:00 Introduction: Firmware 2.0.0 for the Hasselblad X2D 100c
    02:23 Drive Mode is the right place for Focus Bracketing
    02:57 Explaining all Focus Bracketing settings in the menu
    05:38 Camera and lens settings for the live demonstrations
    06:02 Live demo on “Step Size”: “Extra Small” vs “Extra Large”
    09:05 Live demo on “Sequence”: “Towards Infinity” vs “Towards Near Limit”
    12:09 Live demo on “Sequence”: “Symmetric”
    13:52 Need to know information on Focus Bracketing
    15:10 Shallow Depth-of-Field vs (stacked) wide Depth-of-Field example
    16:08 Playing with variations of “Number of Frames” for a 3D-look
    16:36 Some tips & tricks for Hasselblad X2D Focus Bracketing
    17:51 Focus Bracketing and Depth-of-Field
    20:24 “Step Size” and Circle of Confusion (wrong numbers corrected)
    22:11 Hot pixels in Focus Bracketing and how to remove them
    25:50 Focus Bracketing and Focus Stacking live demonstration

  • Members 1737 posts
    June 18, 2023, 12:01 a.m.

    A useful tutorial that picks up a somewhat misleading statement from Hasselblad and propagates it:

    step size calculation.png

    Because the calculation is carried out in image space, not object space, focus position and focal length of the lens don't affect the image plane step size.

    step size calculation.png

    PNG, 267.4 KB, uploaded by JimKasson on June 17, 2023.

  • Members 2310 posts
    June 18, 2023, 10:42 a.m.

    This is soooooooooooooooooooooo slow 200 secs for a stack 🙄 im shooting my stacks at 10 frames per sec using mechanical systems. electronic is
    just to slow.

  • Members 457 posts
    June 18, 2023, 12:09 p.m.

    The time it takes depends on the selected settings (start delay, delay between shots, shutter speed).
    Sony has finally also implemented focus bracketing (a7rV). They are getting there, very slowly 😉.