Does auto-focus function in the HDR mode? (Page 2): You don't want it too. Same as when you do a focus stack. Manual focus. Automated programmed features in the camera may allow other...

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

julian.gang wrote:

This is what I meant to say! Me bad!...Julian

You don't want it too. Same as when you do a focus stack. Manual focus. Automated programmed features in the camera may allow other settings, especially for AE vs AF. Read your manual.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

"Lamiaceae" Auto focus today is better than manual, as the old cameras had a split screen and today's is your opinion as they have not given you a set up to see it. The knowledge of all photo phalanges is a learning experience with not set rules in most cases. Just go at it and have fun with the frustrations.
The good side of it is we see our mistakes instantly, with film we had to wait.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

julian.gang wrote:

This is what I meant to say! Me bad!...Julian

Point the camera at something in HDR mode and depress the shutter button. You can find many things from experimenting.

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dennis2146 wrote:

You have just pointed out something I wonder whenever these questions come up. I understand we all have questions, me included. I have no problem with ANY question being asked. But with something like this or the one yesterday about working in P mode, I never understand why the person does not simply try it. Put the camera in HDR or P mode and press the shutter button to see what happens.

Dennis

Thaz waaaaaaaaay too simple, obvious, direct, and accurate for the denizens of Hogland. Why would a Bozo trust their own judgement when they could ask a whole busload of other Bozos to guess about whatever is on their mind ?!?

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Yours, like many questions raises more questions, and a lot of them have been answered above, but if you want to get the most out of your camera you need to be specific about the results you want and how your camera is set up.
Examples also help. I do Pano stitching and occasional HDR, but always from separate RAW files in post.
I am not certain that every camera implements in camera HDR the same, so IF you have focus set to actuate from the shutter button the camera should probably be programmed to focus once and make multiple exposures. But you should verify that. I use Back Button AF so the camera only focuses when and where I tell it to focus.
If you like HDR, you should try it with RAW files, because that gives you the flexibility to blend in different ways, or even use different applications at another time to reprocess the files, because you have all the data.
In Camera gives you a baked in JPEG. If that produces the results you want, that is fine.
Good Luck

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Picture Taker wrote:

"Lamiaceae" Auto focus today is better than manual, as the old cameras had a split screen and today's is your opinion as they have not given you a set up to see it. The knowledge of all photo phalanges is a learning experience with not set rules in most cases. Just go at it and have fun with the frustrations.
The good side of it is we see our mistakes instantly, with film we had to wait.

These days, autofocus "sees better" than my eyes.

FYI - You could install a split screen on DSLRs. We don't have the electronic equivalent of that yet on EVFs. Yes you can zoom in, focus peak, etc but you have to poke at the menu to do that and it's not fast like the split screen.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

cahale wrote:

Point the camera at something in HDR mode and depress the shutter button. You can find many things from experimenting.

Some people can ONLY learn from their own experiences. Others can learn both from their own experience and from the experiences of others.

The blog life might be smoother if those two groups would try to understand and have some tolerance for each other. But then we wouldn't have 10 pages of strong conflicting opinions and the UHH site would not make as much money.

kmielen Loc: Eastern NC

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joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

User ID wrote:

Thaz waaaaaaaaay too simple, obvious, direct, and accurate for the denizens of Hogland. Why would a Bozo trust their own judgement when they could ask a whole busload of other Bozos to guess about whatever is on their mind ?!?

Whatta Bozo

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Picture Taker wrote:

"Lamiaceae" Auto focus today is better than manual, as the old cameras had a split screen and today's is your opinion as they have not given you a set up to see it. The knowledge of all photo phalanges is a learning experience with not set rules in most cases. Just go at it and have fun with the frustrations.
The good side of it is we see our mistakes instantly, with film we had to wait.

OMG, do you know what a Focus stack is or ever done one? You do not refocus but move the focus plane though the 3D subject such as a flower or insect in focus plane by in focus plane from front of the subject to back. You can not change the focus of the lens automatically or the camera will always focus on the leading edge at the focus point and just create a bunch of copies at different magnifications. Remember in my first post I said MANUALLY. Some camera models can be linked to a special jig and software that takes over the control of the camera and lens and my be able to use AF in a very specific way. But again I was not taking about that. As to the value of AF it self, I am fine with it and even sometimes use it for SIngle shot close-ups and macros. I do miss split image viewfinders. They were great on the film cameras I had that had them. The only digital cameras I know of with a split finder are a couple models by Fujifilm.

frangeo Loc: Texas

dennis2146 wrote:

You have just pointed out something I wonder whenever these questions come up. I understand we all have questions, me included. I have no problem with ANY question being asked. But with something like this or the one yesterday about working in P mode, I never understand why the person does not simply try it. Put the camera in HDR or P mode and press the shutter button to see what happens.

Dennis

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billnikon wrote:

your not the guy who asked yesterday if auto focus... (show quote)

I agree, the reward is immediate!...Julian

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

I suggested auto focus not manual focus. You should not change your focus point or the f stop (or movement of the camera) in the series of shots. The only change should be is the time or the ISO (I'm playing with that now)

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Picture Taker wrote:

"Lamiaceae" Auto focus today is better than manual, as the old cameras had a split screen and today's is your opinion as they have not given you a set up to see it. ...

And your statement is also opinion and a bit "narrow focused". ;) There are certainly situations when manual focus works to advantage.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

I don't know of any photography rule that must be, except you Must turn the camera.