focus bracketing with Canon RP: Hi Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of...

gbl

Hi
Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of "official supported by focus bracketing":

Canon 100mm f2.8 usm - non IS version
Tamron 180mm f3.5 AF macro lens

Appreciate user experience / advise on above or any other lens not considered officially compatible. Mainly, does it work.

GBL

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

gbl wrote:

Hi
Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of "official supported by focus bracketing": Canon 100mm f2.8 usm - non IS version, Tamron 180mm f3.5 AF macro lens. Appreciate user experience / advise on above or any other lens not considered officially compatible. Mainly, does it work. GBL

Why would Canon lie in conjunction with their own product?
Tell you what, rent both lenses and an RP and try them out (at your own risk).

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

gbl wrote:

Hi
Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of "official supported by focus bracketing":

Canon 100mm f2.8 usm - non IS version
Tamron 180mm f3.5 AF macro lens

Appreciate user experience / advise on above or any other lens not considered officially compatible. Mainly, does it work.

GBL

If your lens is not supported for auto focus bracketing, it is quite easy to do it via manual focus. What I do is position the lens on the subject, manually focus then pull the focus point out, take a shot, refoucs on the subject, take the shot, then focus behind the subject and take the shot.

If you have a capable editing program, like Photoshop, open each of the 3 images in its own layer and do Edit/Auto-Blend with Focus Stack selected to merge.

Which lenses does Canon support for focus stacking?

gbl

rjaywallace wrote:

Why would Canon lie in conjunction with their own product?
Tell you what, rent both lenses and an RP and try them out (at your own risk).

To clarify, I have both lens listed. On the Canon site they list several lens as "officially supported by focus bracketing" but neither of these lens I have are listed. The Canon 100mm IS macro version (I don't have) is listed but not the 100mm non-IS macro (which I have). They also mention they can't guarantee 3rd party lens work with focus bracketing on the RP.

In the short amount of time since Canon RP release date, curious if anyone has used focus bracketing with one of these (non listed) lens and the results.

GBL

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Just try it if you have the gear or call and consult with Canon directly would be best most likely.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

I found I needed a moveable track between my tripod and camera to get the best focusing. I focus with the camera MANUALY and fine tune by moving the camera on the track. Tracks are inexpensive. Got a 2nd one in Febury on line for $25.00 (told my friends and 4 more went).

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

gbl wrote:

Hi
Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of "official supported by focus bracketing":

Canon 100mm f2.8 usm - non IS version
Tamron 180mm f3.5 AF macro lens

Appreciate user experience / advise on above or any other lens not considered officially compatible. Mainly, does it work.

GBL

Go to Yahoo and lookup "focus bracketing with Canon RP" for results. BTW the P in RP stands for
"photograph."

zayrey Loc: Michigan

gbl wrote:

Hi
Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of "official supported by focus bracketing":

Canon 100mm f2.8 usm - non IS version
Tamron 180mm f3.5 AF macro lens

Appreciate user experience / advise on above or any other lens not considered officially compatible. Mainly, does it work.

GBL

GBL, have you watched the short RP In a Snap video on focus bracketing on Youtube? It helped me understand how to use focus bracketing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EClL9SDY-k

donnajdean

gbl wrote:

Hi
Can anyone advise on focus bracketing with the Canon RP with following 2 macro lens. Neither are listed on the Canon website in the group of "official supported by focus bracketing":

Canon 100mm f2.8 usm - non IS version
Tamron 180mm f3.5 AF macro lens

Appreciate user experience / advise on above or any other lens not considered officially compatible. Mainly, does it work.

GBL

I just found out about this feature and used my Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens (not L lens) and it worked great!

gbl

Thank you donnajdean, the confirmation that I was looking for............ that the Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens (not L lens) works with Canon RP focus bracketing.

Any macro / close up advise with the Canon RP compared to APS-C?

GBL