Dear Gabriel, there are many photography videos, which I watch to learn, many have excellent technical content, but are somehow “painful” to watch 😀 ... your video is a wonderful movie, I learned a lot and I even more enjoyed watching it. Thank you very much, Martin
SOLVM Thanks so much! You are definitely correct about the amount of work that goes into these. It is rewarding though when you feel like you have produced something of quality. I have more coming, hopefully you continue to enjoy. Cheers!
Thank you. Easy to follow instructions in a great vlog. Just bought an XT3 a few days ago and am absorbing as much info as I can. I love your relaxed way of imparting all that knowledge. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the nice comment. Glad you liked and found the video useful. The XT3 proves to be more of an amazing camera to me more and more each day I use it. I teach a high school photography class in which we currently have 6 Fuji cameras, thus I use them everyday so if you have any further questions about your camera don't hesitate in asking. I would be happy to help. Thanks again.
Thanks for a great movie. just 3 questions: a) what shutter do you prefer and why (mech or elec)? b) why do go to luminar for sharpening? c) do you shoot raw or jepeg only and why ? Thanks, Peter
peter van bremen I prefer mechanical shutter. With that shutter I know what I am getting every time. I want to take as much of the electronic decision making away from the camera as possible. I sharpen in Luminar because it does a better job on Fuji files than Lightroom does by quite a wide margin. I always shoot raw with a jpeg backup on my second card. Raw gives me the greatest amount of flexibility in my editing. You can only push to shadows and highlights so much when editing jpegs. I teach photo editing everyday and constantly watch students struggle to edit their jpegs when they have forgotten to shoot in raw. Thanks for the questions. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.
Very helpful video to focus stack on the XT30. How does the water look like it has been taken on long exposure? I thought it was pretty straight forward shots with shorter shutter speeds but water is looking silky!
Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy my upcoming content. If you have anything you ever want to see, let me know I will consider making a video. Once again thanks, and welcome aboard!
Well done, thank you Gabriel. I do have a question. I’ve never been able to understand the relationship between frames and steps. If I set the camera to 20 frames with 5 steps, will it increase or decrease the steps automatically to have the subject in focus? Will it add or decrease the number of frames as needed? I’ve never understood the ‘step’ factor. If I choose 20 frames and 20 steps what will the camera do to get the subject in focus, as in shooting a flower up close or as you did here, a landscape, short as it may have been. Thank you for the video. As you, having the focus stacking feature on the xt3 is a dream along with the 80mm macro when doing that with flowers. I have yet to do landscapes but within the next few days, I’m going out to see what I can do. By the way, I began taking photos when I was in the eight grade in 1954, studied it in high school, ships photographer on the submarine I was on (shot stills with a Nikon of a nuclear missile being detonated above the surface of the Pacific Ocean, shot with every camera I could including Leica reflex, M3, M6, Hasselblad, on and on...) and now with the Xt1 converted to permanent IR, using the Xt2 and 3 as well, typically the 3. I’ll be 80 this summer. Still love photography and meditation. Thanks again, and sorry for the long ‘story’ but for whatever reason I wanted to introduce myself to you. Robert
Robert Yanasak I sure can help you understand frames and steps a little bit better. Thank you for the lovely comment. I love the fact that you’re still shooting photography and have such a passion for it at your age I only hope that I can follow in your footsteps. Now how to respond to your question, I am going to respond the same way that I answered this similar question earlier this week and if for some reason it doesn’t make sense let me know and I’ll try to further clarify. So here I go, the camera will only take as many pictures as it deems necessary, which for a landscape photo doesn’t typically exceed 10 to 15 frames. However if you are shooting macro photography I would set my frames much higher than that. Steps are the distance by which the camera shifts the focus points between images. To further explain, the step is calculated using the distance between the near and far limit of the depth-of-field on the first image captured. Setting the step to one (1) shifts the focus by approximately 20 percent of that distance. A step of five (5) shifts the focus 100 percent of that distance. I have experimented with images using various steps and honestly my recommendation for most photography is to keep your steps at around five. But for example if you’re shooting a very detailed macro shot I would set my steps at one, as that is the shortest distance between focal points. I hope this information has helped you. Thanks for watching the video.
Thank you! I love it as well so much that I currently have two xt20's one x100s and three xt3's of which I use most of these to teach my high school photo classes.
Alfonso Calero Thank you very much, that’s a very nice compliment. I filmed the video using the Eterna film simulation and adjusted the mid tones and colors slightly in post. I used the eterna lut by fujifilm as a starting point for my drone footage. I actually teach a couple video classes at the high school I work at and teach Adobe Premier Pro everyday but the irony is that I use Final Cut Pro to Edit all of my RUclips videos. Hope that answer helps. Thanks again.
My camera seems to not change its focus point. Am I doing something wrong. I have an xt3 and have my bracket settings to 3 photos drive 5 and interval to 0.
Thanks for posting this terrific guide to focus bracketing. Looking forward to giving it a proper go, rather than my usual screwed-up attempts! A little off topic, but can I ask what L-bracket you’re using there? After one as my next purchase.
Mark Sage Glad it was of use to you. I The mode works great however I have noticed that at larger apertures ie f5.6 if you are shooting in a complicated scene with a lot of foreground and a lot going on in the background the camera doesn’t always grab the deep depth of field shot very well. This may be a result of setting the steps differently. It will take some testing to know for sure. As for the bracket I use it is the Kirk L bracket. It’s a little pricey at $115 but it is manufactured here in the United States and is top quality. I will put a link to where I bought it. They also have it in silver if that floats your boat. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1436569-REG Cheers
Gabriel Oak Photography Much appreciated and thanks for the extra tip with regard to aperture. I’ll let you know if I encounter the same issue when I next have a go at focus bracketing. Hope you’re enjoying your X-T3 as much as I am and looking forward to seeing more handy videos like this one. Will check out the Kirk too.
Mark Sage I am loving both of my X-T3s have one for photo and one for video. It is my favorite camera of all time to this moment. Much more to come. Thanks for watching.
Tho' I'm pretty experienced I was baffled by how the focus bracketing worked on the Fuji's. I've seen a few videos and yours cleared some things up but I've still one question............Do you (or the camera) select focus (very close) on the 'first shot' with the camera then taking over all the way to infinity?
mgml I select the focus first somewhere near me in the foreground and the camera does the rest. It selects all relevant focus points for you. The great thing is you can use the sweet spot aperture of your lens at f5.6 or f8 and it does all the dirty work for you. Hope that helps.
Hi! I'm Fran. Thank so much for the video! I think tha Focus Bracket is a very useful tool for landscape photography. I would like to know how many FRAMES and STEP do I have set in camera. what these parameters depend on? Thanks in advance and cheers
Francisco Macias This is a quite complicated setting. First off starting with how Many frames, I would say that I always begin with around 10 to 15. The camera will only take as many pictures as it deems necessary, which for a landscape photo doesn’t typically exceed 10 to 15 frames. However if you are shooting macro photography I would set my frames much higher than that. Steps are the distance by which the camera shifts the focus points between images. To further explain, the step is calculated using the distance between the near and far limit of the depth-of-field on the first image captured. Setting the step to one (1) shifts the focus by approximately 20 percent of that distance. A step of five (5) shifts the focus 100 percent of that distance. I have experimented with images using various steps and honestly my recommendation for most photography is to keep your steps at around five. But for example if you’re shooting a very detailed macro shot I would set my steps at one, as that is the shortest distance between focal points. I hope this information has helped you. Thanks for watching the video glad you enjoyed it.
I am really glad you enjoyed it and learned something, which of course was my intent. Makes happy to know people appreciate the work. To answer your question, I use an LG Ultrawide 34" screen to edit my video on. I love how it allows me to see much more of my timeline when I edit. As for photos I have the BenQ SW2700 which is a photo specific monitor at 27". This monitor allows me to change it from sRGB to Adobe RGB to have color accuracy when I print. I love both of them. But wish my LG was 4k so I had a true representation of my video quality when I edit. Thanks again for watching.
Honestly I can't remember the music I used. I do know that I got it from Epidemic sound. It certainly is beautiful country much like Canada. Thanks for watching. If I remember the music I will send you the title.
Thank you very much. I have never used the xf80mm. I have heard it is amazing though. Thanks for the sub.
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@@GabrielOakPhotography It's incredibly sharp! :) One thing I realised when doing really close up macro, is that you have to take a lot, and I mean a lot!! of pictures for the focus bracketing to be even noticeable. :D
Not sure if you've answered this before, but how does manual focus stacking work? I have a Rokinon 12mm manual lens and want to bracket with that. Does it take a picture then ask you to select the next focus point?
David Marrow The manual focus stack works the same as the autofocus. You select and focus on something close to you in the foreground and it will pick the rest of the focal points for you. Doesn’t matter if you are in autofocus or manual. I am always in manual focus mode when I use the focus bracketing mode anyway and it works like a charm.
Sewon Son Thank you glad you liked it. I liked how the grading came out in this video. I am still trying to perfect my colors so I can create my own preset for my videos. I do plan on doing a video on how I edit these vlogs from start to finish. Stay tuned for a lot more content. Thanks again.
Gabriel Oak Photography literally got my xt3 yesterday. I love it so far. Can’t believe this is actually almost same or better than my a7iii. Thinking to sell the a7iii to get xt30 as well. Looking forward to see more tutorials! Thanks again.
@@SewonSon I have been using Fujifilm for quite some time now, about 3 years. I came from a Sony a7r and shot Canon before that. Though I like various things with most all camera brands, Fuji is the one that I hold dearest to my heart. There is something about them that keeps me shooting photos and video all the time. They are simply a joy to use. I shot the XT20 for two years. When I sold my Sony gear I invested in mostly fuji lenses and bought the XT20 the day it was released. I haven't looked back. Since that day I have never even considered another system, well ok I dream about the Fuji GFX system. Someday.
Juan Carlos Plaza Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. I do use Capture One sometimes but unfortunately it doesn’t have a fast way to auto focus stack images like Photoshop. The only way is set your images on multiple layers and with the brush tool manually mask out the blurred areas to reveal the sharp ones. You can do this as well in Luminar 2018 as well as Photoshop. It works well but takes more time and care. There is another software out there called Helicon Focus which many people use to focus stack macro images, it does cost a little though. Hope this explanation helped.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Thanks a lot for your answer!!. I'll do it with Photoshop then. I bougth a Fuji XT3 recently and I want to try your technique asap.
Very useful video tutorial, thanks Gabriel. Just one question. At 11.00 you demonstrate the process of setting the XT-3 to FOCUS BKT as opposed to the default AE BKT mode. I am running the latest firmware release, but when following your steps, my unit simply defaults back to the AE BKT SETTING screen, showing FRAME/STEP SETTING as the first option. If I then back out, and manually scroll down to FOCUS BKT and select that option, I get to the correct FOCUS BKT SETTING screen. I would obviously like to arrive at that screen by only having to select the F2 button on the front of my XT-3 as you have demonstrated in the setup sequence. Any suggestions on how to correct this would be most appreciated.
Hmm. I just went back to my camera and went through the same process and I get the same result each time. In fact I practiced setting each bracketing setting as the default setting to F2 button and each one worked. What I mean is if I changed the mode to ISO brkt, or film sim brkt or AE brkt, or Focus brkt, on the first menu option of bracketing the F2 button will take me to each of these modes as the first page each time. Can you send me a screen shot of the menu? You can email me at gabrieloakphotography@gmail.com.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Hi Gabe... First of all, thank you so much for all your "off-line" assistance in trouble shooting my issue. You will be glad to know that I have resolved the problem, or more like the "blonde moment" I had in the final setup of this process. All is working just fine now, and I am off to go and capture some images to test the process. Once again, thank you for a great channel and support. Wishing you an awesome and creative day further.
Enrique, I sure can. The camera will only take as many pictures as it deems necessary, which for a landscape photo doesn’t typically exceed 10 to 15 frames. However if you are shooting macro photography I would set my frames much higher than that. Steps are the distance by which the camera shifts the focus points between images. To further explain, the step is calculated using the distance between the near and far limit of the depth-of-field on the first image captured. Setting the step to one (1) shifts the focus by approximately 20 percent of that distance. A step of five (5) shifts the focus 100 percent of that distance. I have experimented with images using various steps and honestly my recommendation for most photography is to keep your steps at around five. But for example if you’re shooting a very detailed macro shot I would set my steps at one, as that is the shortest distance between focal points. I hope this information has helped you. Thanks for watching the video.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Thank you very much for the prompt reply. Yours is the best and clearest (detailed) explanation that I got on YT. Not even Fuji technical support gave me any type of an answer, the Fuji tech told me that it depends on the lens, so I told him that it was an X-T-2 with an XF-35 f/2, guess what his answer was? “you need to experiment”. I was expecting a better answer from Fuji. Again, thank you very much and you definitely got a new subscriber.
Enrique Glad you found my explanation useful. I was confused by it at first as well. I think Fuji is correct when they say the steps and frames may vary by lens but as a general rule my explanation holds true. Thanks for subscribing. Haven’t done any new videos lately but have some in the works.
@@GabrielOakPhotography I’ve been watching some of your videos and I find them interesting and educational, as I mentioned, I did subscribe to your channel so I’ll be waiting for you to upload new content. Thank you again.
thanks,nice video and tips,sub'd. I was thinking to buy xt-3 ,helped a lot . what was your lens during waterfall shot ,16-55? what do you think about x-t30 ?
casroy777 Thanks for watching I am glad you liked it. Yes I was using the 16-55mm which has quickly become my favorite lines. I own the 18-55, the 14mm f2.8, 35mm f2, 56mm f1.2, and the 50-140mm and I can tell you that the 16-55mm has become my most useful and versatile favorite lens of all. To answer your question about the XT3 well the XT3 Is simply an amazing camera but depending on what you need it might not be the camera for you. What I mean is, I purchased the Fuji XT20 on the day it was released instead of buying the XT2. I currently own 2 - XT 20s And use them daily in my photography classes that I teach. I love the Fuji XT 20 I have taken it to Rome all over Spain, France and hiked with it all over the pacific northwest where I live. My only issue was that it didn’t quite have the video functionality that I needed and I really needed weather sealing. I am out in the elements a lot and was always having to be extra careful and worry about that camera. Now with the XT3 I never even think about weather I just go and shoot rain, snow or shine. The XT 30 looks to be a gem of a camera as well. In fact I am thinking of getting one for my photography classes. Video functionality of it looks to be much improved as well as it looks to have adopted the excellent auto focus of the XT3. So it really depends on what you need, if you don’t need the weather resistance of the XT3 and are good with having a physically smaller camera and you don’t need all of the intense video functions of the XT3 then I think that the XT 30 is an excellent option. The image quality will be identical. For me personally I wouldn’t give up my X T3’s for anything due to them being physically larger and the all important weather resistance. The one thing about the XT 30 though is that due to the cameras physically small size, the16 - 55mm will feel a little awkward on the camera. I have shot many photos with that combination rather the XT 20 and 16-55 I did feel that that lens was slightly big for that particular body but it worked and I was still able to get great photos. So in the end it really comes down to what you actually need, both are great cameras I’m sure you will be happy either way. I hope this information helps please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Have a great day!
@@GabrielOakPhotography thanks for this detailed answer! Can you help me understand something..? How do you deal with the lack of ibis on the xt3? Literally my only applicable concern. Does buying tge xt3 with the 16-55 mean i need to buy a gimbal? I waana be able to grab and shoot/film
Riley Richard The drone footage is the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom and the video was done with the Fuji XT3 with the 18-55 kit lens. Some shots were with the 16-55mm lens as well.
Dear Gabriel, there are many photography videos, which I watch to learn, many have excellent technical content, but are somehow “painful” to watch 😀 ... your video is a wonderful movie, I learned a lot and I even more enjoyed watching it. Thank you very much, Martin
Thanks for a great vlog Gabriel, I have the X-T2 and I guess the focus bracketing will work the same.
Dorian Jones yes it works exactly the same. Thanks for watching.
That was rad from beginning to end. I know a ton of time goes into setting up audio, drone, second camera and editing. Great work. Much respect!
SOLVM Thanks so much! You are definitely correct about the amount of work that goes into these. It is rewarding though when you feel like you have produced something of quality. I have more coming, hopefully you continue to enjoy. Cheers!
Thank you. Easy to follow instructions in a great vlog. Just bought an XT3 a few days ago and am absorbing as much info as I can. I love your relaxed way of imparting all that knowledge.
Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the nice comment. Glad you liked and found the video useful. The XT3 proves to be more of an amazing camera to me more and more each day I use it. I teach a high school photography class in which we currently have 6 Fuji cameras, thus I use them everyday so if you have any further questions about your camera don't hesitate in asking. I would be happy to help. Thanks again.
I just started the video, but I had to comment.
That intro was LEGIT.
GetYourPhill Thanks. It was definitely one of my better intros. Glad you liked it.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Which drone are you using?
GetYourPhill The DJI Mavic 2 Zoom.
wonderful video and explanation, bravo
ATELIER DE GRIFF Thanks so much I appreciate your comment.
Great video. Very well put together.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Thanks for a great movie. just 3 questions: a) what shutter do you prefer and why (mech or elec)? b) why do go to luminar for sharpening? c) do you shoot raw or jepeg only and why ?
Thanks, Peter
peter van bremen I prefer mechanical shutter. With that shutter I know what I am getting every time. I want to take as much of the electronic decision making away from the camera as possible. I sharpen in Luminar because it does a better job on Fuji files than Lightroom does by quite a wide margin. I always shoot raw with a jpeg backup on my second card. Raw gives me the greatest amount of flexibility in my editing. You can only push to shadows and highlights so much when editing jpegs. I teach photo editing everyday and constantly watch students struggle to edit their jpegs when they have forgotten to shoot in raw. Thanks for the questions. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.
Very helpful video to focus stack on the XT30. How does the water look like it has been taken on long exposure? I thought it was pretty straight forward shots with shorter shutter speeds but water is looking silky!
Beautiful footage and captures Gabriel, thank you! Just received my XT3 yesterday and am excited to get using it. I'm now your 530th subscriber!
Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy my upcoming content. If you have anything you ever want to see, let me know I will consider making a video. Once again thanks, and welcome aboard!
Just sub'd ! Fantastic and thorough explanation of focus bracketing that I have been trawling youtube for. Top Marks!!
Gary Mather Thanks so much. Glad you were able to get some good information out of it! Cheers!
Thanks for explaining. Clear and easy to follow
International Sixty Glad you found it useful. More coming.
very informative. I could have used this yesterday when I was doing some macro work. Thanks
Robert Horvath Glad you found it useful.
What lens do you use for macro?
Well done, thank you Gabriel. I do have a question. I’ve never been able to understand the relationship between frames and steps. If I set the camera to 20 frames with 5 steps, will it increase or decrease the steps automatically to have the subject in focus? Will it add or decrease the number of frames as needed? I’ve never understood the ‘step’ factor. If I choose 20 frames and 20 steps what will the camera do to get the subject in focus, as in shooting a flower up close or as you did here, a landscape, short as it may have been.
Thank you for the video. As you, having the focus stacking feature on the xt3 is a dream along with the 80mm macro when doing that with flowers. I have yet to do landscapes but within the next few days, I’m going out to see what I can do. By the way, I began taking photos when I was in the eight grade in 1954, studied it in high school, ships photographer on the submarine I was on (shot stills with a Nikon of a nuclear missile being detonated above the surface of the Pacific Ocean, shot with every camera I could including Leica reflex, M3, M6, Hasselblad, on and on...) and now with the Xt1 converted to permanent IR, using the Xt2 and 3 as well, typically the 3. I’ll be 80 this summer. Still love photography and meditation.
Thanks again, and sorry for the long ‘story’ but for whatever reason I wanted to introduce myself to you.
Robert
Robert Yanasak I sure can help you understand frames and steps a little bit better. Thank you for the lovely comment. I love the fact that you’re still shooting photography and have such a passion for it at your age I only hope that I can follow in your footsteps. Now how to respond to your question, I am going to respond the same way that I answered this similar question earlier this week and if for some reason it doesn’t make sense let me know and I’ll try to further clarify. So here I go, the camera will only take as many pictures as it deems necessary, which for a landscape photo doesn’t typically exceed 10 to 15 frames. However if you are shooting macro photography I would set my frames much higher than that. Steps are the distance by which the camera shifts the focus points between images. To further explain, the step is calculated using the distance between the near and far limit of the depth-of-field on the first image captured. Setting the step to one (1) shifts the focus by approximately 20 percent of that distance. A step of five (5) shifts the focus 100 percent of that distance. I have experimented with images using various steps and honestly my recommendation for most photography is to keep your steps at around five. But for example if you’re shooting a very detailed macro shot I would set my steps at one, as that is the shortest distance between focal points. I hope this information has helped you. Thanks for watching the video.
those videos from the river where insanly beautyfull ! amazing !
FLCLben Thanks so much. For some reason I didn’t see this comment until now. Glad you liked the scenery.
Thank you that was very interesting AND entertaining.
Fantastic video! you do beautiful work, thank you for sharing.
soul Life Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it. I look forward to seeing some of your upcoming travels. Great meeting both of you today!
Very well done... thanks!
Hey Gabriel, very cool! So the camera will chose the focus points itself ?
Nelu Ciorba Yes that is correct. It will determine to focal points for you and take the photos. It does a pretty good job of it as well.
Great video, I just love the Fuji system, recently bought the XT30.
Thank you! I love it as well so much that I currently have two xt20's one x100s and three xt3's of which I use most of these to teach my high school photo classes.
Keep it up Lawson! Great moves! Proud of you!
Garrett Smith Thanks Garrett. I can always count on your comments. Much more coming.
Great to see some new content! Fantastic shots and love the new intro!
Thanks Jake. I have a lot more content coming. Brace yourself!
Love your clear and precise tutorial. How and where did you color grade your lovely video? Premier or final cut?
Alfonso Calero Thank you very much, that’s a very nice compliment. I filmed the video using the Eterna film simulation and adjusted the mid tones and colors slightly in post. I used the eterna lut by fujifilm as a starting point for my drone footage. I actually teach a couple video classes at the high school I work at and teach Adobe Premier Pro everyday but the irony is that I use Final Cut Pro to Edit all of my RUclips videos. Hope that answer helps. Thanks again.
My camera seems to not change its focus point. Am I doing something wrong. I have an xt3 and have my bracket settings to 3 photos drive 5 and interval to 0.
Bravoooooo & well done, thanks Gabriel.
Fred Miu Thank you. Much appreciated.
The new intro is fire! Great vid
Thanks Austin. Much appreciated!
Thanks for posting this terrific guide to focus bracketing. Looking forward to giving it a proper go, rather than my usual screwed-up attempts! A little off topic, but can I ask what L-bracket you’re using there? After one as my next purchase.
Mark Sage Glad it was of use to you. I The mode works great however I have noticed that at larger apertures ie f5.6 if you are shooting in a complicated scene with a lot of foreground and a lot going on in the background the camera doesn’t always grab the deep depth of field shot very well. This may be a result of setting the steps differently. It will take some testing to know for sure. As for the bracket I use it is the Kirk L bracket. It’s a little pricey at $115 but it is manufactured here in the United States and is top quality. I will put a link to where I bought it. They also have it in silver if that floats your boat. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1436569-REG Cheers
Gabriel Oak Photography Much appreciated and thanks for the extra tip with regard to aperture. I’ll let you know if I encounter the same issue when I next have a go at focus bracketing. Hope you’re enjoying your X-T3 as much as I am and looking forward to seeing more handy videos like this one. Will check out the Kirk too.
Mark Sage I am loving both of my X-T3s have one for photo and one for video. It is my favorite camera of all time to this moment. Much more to come. Thanks for watching.
Tho' I'm pretty experienced I was baffled by how the focus bracketing worked on the Fuji's. I've seen a few videos and yours cleared some things up but I've still one question............Do you (or the camera) select focus (very close) on the 'first shot' with the camera then taking over all the way to infinity?
mgml I select the focus first somewhere near me in the foreground and the camera does the rest. It selects all relevant focus points for you. The great thing is you can use the sweet spot aperture of your lens at f5.6 or f8 and it does all the dirty work for you. Hope that helps.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Thanks.
Nice concise video. Well done and thanks
Ronald Hoppus Thank you very much. Working on the next one at this very moment. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi! I'm Fran.
Thank so much for the video! I think tha Focus Bracket is a very useful tool for landscape photography. I would like to know how many FRAMES and STEP do I have set in camera.
what these parameters depend on?
Thanks in advance and cheers
Francisco Macias This is a quite complicated setting. First off starting with how Many frames, I would say that I always begin with around 10 to 15. The camera will only take as many pictures as it deems necessary, which for a landscape photo doesn’t typically exceed 10 to 15 frames. However if you are shooting macro photography I would set my frames much higher than that. Steps are the distance by which the camera shifts the focus points between images. To further explain, the step is calculated using the distance between the near and far limit of the depth-of-field on the first image captured. Setting the step to one (1) shifts the focus by approximately 20 percent of that distance. A step of five (5) shifts the focus 100 percent of that distance. I have experimented with images using various steps and honestly my recommendation for most photography is to keep your steps at around five. But for example if you’re shooting a very detailed macro shot I would set my steps at one, as that is the shortest distance between focal points. I hope this information has helped you. Thanks for watching the video glad you enjoyed it.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Thanks a lot for this information and video tutorial.
Francisco Macias You are very welcome. Glad I could help.
Great tutorial Gabriel . Just learned something new . Out of curiosity what monitor and pc are you using to edit your photos and videos ?
I am really glad you enjoyed it and learned something, which of course was my intent. Makes happy to know people appreciate the work. To answer your question, I use an LG Ultrawide 34" screen to edit my video on. I love how it allows me to see much more of my timeline when I edit. As for photos I have the BenQ SW2700 which is a photo specific monitor at 27". This monitor allows me to change it from sRGB to Adobe RGB to have color accuracy when I print. I love both of them. But wish my LG was 4k so I had a true representation of my video quality when I edit. Thanks again for watching.
I forgot, I edit on a late 2017 i7 MacBook Pro.
Mind if I ask what music you used in this video? It’s lovely. Great video also, seems like beautiful country! Cheers from Canada
Honestly I can't remember the music I used. I do know that I got it from Epidemic sound. It certainly is beautiful country much like Canada. Thanks for watching. If I remember the music I will send you the title.
Thank you Gabriel very useful and very clear
You're very welcome. Glad you found it useful.
Nice video! :) Going outside at this moment to do some macro photography with the X-t3 and xf 80 lens. You got yourself a new subscriber! :)
Thank you very much. I have never used the xf80mm. I have heard it is amazing though. Thanks for the sub.
@@GabrielOakPhotography It's incredibly sharp! :) One thing I realised when doing really close up macro, is that you have to take a lot, and I mean a lot!! of pictures for the focus bracketing to be even noticeable. :D
Since you had the shutter speed at 1 second, did you use a ND filter or was it overcast enough that you didn't need one?
Mike Mitchem It was a very overcast day I didn’t need one. Thanks for watching.
Not sure if you've answered this before, but how does manual focus stacking work? I have a Rokinon 12mm manual lens and want to bracket with that. Does it take a picture then ask you to select the next focus point?
David Marrow The manual focus stack works the same as the autofocus. You select and focus on something close to you in the foreground and it will pick the rest of the focal points for you. Doesn’t matter if you are in autofocus or manual. I am always in manual focus mode when I use the focus bracketing mode anyway and it works like a charm.
Great tutorial!! Thanks so much. I also love your colors in your video. Show us how you grade your video as well!
Sewon Son Thank you glad you liked it. I liked how the grading came out in this video. I am still trying to perfect my colors so I can create my own preset for my videos. I do plan on doing a video on how I edit these vlogs from start to finish. Stay tuned for a lot more content. Thanks again.
Gabriel Oak Photography literally got my xt3 yesterday. I love it so far. Can’t believe this is actually almost same or better than my a7iii. Thinking to sell the a7iii to get xt30 as well. Looking forward to see more tutorials! Thanks again.
@@SewonSon I have been using Fujifilm for quite some time now, about 3 years. I came from a Sony a7r and shot Canon before that. Though I like various things with most all camera brands, Fuji is the one that I hold dearest to my heart. There is something about them that keeps me shooting photos and video all the time. They are simply a joy to use. I shot the XT20 for two years. When I sold my Sony gear I invested in mostly fuji lenses and bought the XT20 the day it was released. I haven't looked back. Since that day I have never even considered another system, well ok I dream about the Fuji GFX system. Someday.
Gabriel Oak Photography Looks like I made a good choice. 😉
@@GabrielOakPhotography Selling my a7iii on Facebook. haha. If I could sell it, will probably invest on the xt30 as a backup.
Quality video. Thanks very much
Derek Delaney Photography thanks Derek I appreciate you watching.
New subscriber! Nice content.....wish I hand more time for shooting so I'll live vicariously through you.
Sergio L I haven’t had time in the recent months but I will have more coming soon. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for watching.
Exactly what I was looking for..... thank you. Subbed.
Steve D Thank you. Really happy that you found the video useful.
Hi Gabriel. Thanks a lot for the video. Excellent explanation!!! Can you help me on how to do the same process using Capture One?
Juan Carlos Plaza Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. I do use Capture One sometimes but unfortunately it doesn’t have a fast way to auto focus stack images like Photoshop. The only way is set your images on multiple layers and with the brush tool manually mask out the blurred areas to reveal the sharp ones. You can do this as well in Luminar 2018 as well as Photoshop. It works well but takes more time and care. There is another software out there called Helicon Focus which many people use to focus stack macro images, it does cost a little though. Hope this explanation helped.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Thanks a lot for your answer!!. I'll do it with Photoshop then. I bougth a Fuji XT3 recently and I want to try your technique asap.
Juan Carlos Plaza The technique is pretty flawless and quick. Let me know if you have any issues with it or any other questions.
great job. very helpful video
Dan Avila My pleasure glad you liked it.
Very useful video tutorial, thanks Gabriel. Just one question. At 11.00 you demonstrate the process of setting the XT-3 to FOCUS BKT as opposed to the default AE BKT mode.
I am running the latest firmware release, but when following your steps, my unit simply defaults back to the AE BKT SETTING screen, showing FRAME/STEP SETTING as the first option.
If I then back out, and manually scroll down to FOCUS BKT and select that option, I get to the correct FOCUS BKT SETTING screen. I would obviously like to arrive at that screen by only having to select the F2 button on the front of my XT-3 as you have demonstrated in the setup sequence. Any suggestions on how to correct this would be most appreciated.
Hmm. I just went back to my camera and went through the same process and I get the same result each time. In fact I practiced setting each bracketing setting as the default setting to F2 button and each one worked. What I mean is if I changed the mode to ISO brkt, or film sim brkt or AE brkt, or Focus brkt, on the first menu option of bracketing the F2 button will take me to each of these modes as the first page each time. Can you send me a screen shot of the menu? You can email me at gabrieloakphotography@gmail.com.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Hi Gabe... First of all, thank you so much for all your "off-line" assistance in trouble shooting my issue. You will be glad to know that I have resolved the problem, or more like the "blonde moment" I had in the final setup of this process. All is working just fine now, and I am off to go and capture some images to test the process. Once again, thank you for a great channel and support. Wishing you an awesome and creative day further.
Can you please explain to me what is the relationship between frames and steps when doing focus bracketing on a Fuji X-T2? Thank you.
Enrique, I sure can. The camera will only take as many pictures as it deems necessary, which for a landscape photo doesn’t typically exceed 10 to 15 frames. However if you are shooting macro photography I would set my frames much higher than that. Steps are the distance by which the camera shifts the focus points between images. To further explain, the step is calculated using the distance between the near and far limit of the depth-of-field on the first image captured. Setting the step to one (1) shifts the focus by approximately 20 percent of that distance. A step of five (5) shifts the focus 100 percent of that distance. I have experimented with images using various steps and honestly my recommendation for most photography is to keep your steps at around five. But for example if you’re shooting a very detailed macro shot I would set my steps at one, as that is the shortest distance between focal points. I hope this information has helped you. Thanks for watching the video.
@@GabrielOakPhotography Thank you very much for the prompt reply. Yours is the best and clearest (detailed) explanation that I got on YT. Not even Fuji technical support gave me any type of an answer, the Fuji tech told me that it depends on the lens, so I told him that it was an X-T-2 with an XF-35 f/2, guess what his answer was? “you need to experiment”. I was expecting a better answer from Fuji. Again, thank you very much and you definitely got a new subscriber.
Enrique Glad you found my explanation useful. I was confused by it at first as well. I think Fuji is correct when they say the steps and frames may vary by lens but as a general rule my explanation holds true. Thanks for subscribing. Haven’t done any new videos lately but have some in the works.
@@GabrielOakPhotography I’ve been watching some of your videos and I find them interesting and educational, as I mentioned, I did subscribe to your channel so I’ll be waiting for you to upload new content. Thank you again.
Amazing! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the content.
thanks,nice video and tips,sub'd. I was thinking to buy xt-3 ,helped a lot . what was your lens during waterfall shot ,16-55? what do you think about x-t30 ?
casroy777 Thanks for watching I am glad you liked it. Yes I was using the 16-55mm which has quickly become my favorite lines. I own the 18-55, the 14mm f2.8, 35mm f2, 56mm f1.2, and the 50-140mm and I can tell you that the 16-55mm has become my most useful and versatile favorite lens of all. To answer your question about the XT3 well the XT3 Is simply an amazing camera but depending on what you need it might not be the camera for you. What I mean is, I purchased the Fuji XT20 on the day it was released instead of buying the XT2. I currently own 2 - XT 20s And use them daily in my photography classes that I teach. I love the Fuji XT 20 I have taken it to Rome all over Spain, France and hiked with it all over the pacific northwest where I live. My only issue was that it didn’t quite have the video functionality that I needed and I really needed weather sealing. I am out in the elements a lot and was always having to be extra careful and worry about that camera. Now with the XT3 I never even think about weather I just go and shoot rain, snow or shine. The XT 30 looks to be a gem of a camera as well. In fact I am thinking of getting one for my photography classes. Video functionality of it looks to be much improved as well as it looks to have adopted the excellent auto focus of the XT3. So it really depends on what you need, if you don’t need the weather resistance of the XT3 and are good with having a physically smaller camera and you don’t need all of the intense video functions of the XT3 then I think that the XT 30 is an excellent option. The image quality will be identical. For me personally I wouldn’t give up my X T3’s for anything due to them being physically larger and the all important weather resistance. The one thing about the XT 30 though is that due to the cameras physically small size, the16 - 55mm will feel a little awkward on the camera. I have shot many photos with that combination rather the XT 20 and 16-55 I did feel that that lens was slightly big for that particular body but it worked and I was still able to get great photos. So in the end it really comes down to what you actually need, both are great cameras I’m sure you will be happy either way. I hope this information helps please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Have a great day!
@@GabrielOakPhotography thanks for this detailed answer! Can you help me understand something..? How do you deal with the lack of ibis on the xt3? Literally my only applicable concern. Does buying tge xt3 with the 16-55 mean i need to buy a gimbal? I waana be able to grab and shoot/film
Very nice video thanks for sharing you have a new sub. Cheers
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it.
What did you shoot this video with?
Riley Richard The drone footage is the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom and the video was done with the Fuji XT3 with the 18-55 kit lens. Some shots were with the 16-55mm lens as well.
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