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Focus Shift Shooting
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photo shooting menu
Focus shift automatically varies focus over a series of shots. Use it to take photos that will later be
combined using focus stacking to create a single picture with increased depth of field. Before using
focus shift, choose a focus mode of AF‑S or AF‑C and a release mode other than self-timer or
high-speed frame capture +.
Option Description
[Start]
Start shooting. The camera will tak
e the selected number of shots,
changing the focus distance by the selected amount with each shot.
[No. of shots] Choose the number of shots (maximum 300).
[Focus step width]
Focus shift varies the focus distance over a series of photographs.
Choose the amount the focus distance changes with each shot.
[Interval until next
shot]
Choose the interval between shots, in seconds.
To ensure correct exposure when using a flash, choose an interval
long enough for the flash to charge.
[First-frame exposure
lock]
[ON]: The camera locks exposure for all shots at the setting for the
first frame.
[OFF]: The camera adjusts exposure before each shot.
[Electronic shutter
options]
Choose whether to use the electronic shutter.
When [ON] is selected for [Electronic shutter], the electronic shutter
will be used regardless of the option selected for Custom Setting d5
[Shutter type].
The volume of the sound made when the electronic shutter is released
can be chosen using [Volume].
[Focus position auto
reset]
[ON]: Focus will return to the starting position once all the shots
in the current sequence have been taken. This saves you having to
refocus each time when photographing subjects at the same focus
distance several times in succession.
[OFF]: Focus remains fixed at the position for the final shot in the
sequence. This allows you to start from the most recent focus position
when photographing a single subject over multiple consecutive series.
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Focus Shift Shooting