I have been trying to better understand the Auto mode for focus stacking on the GFX100 (Fuji considers it a bracketing mode). As I understand it, you have to do the following:
Go to the drive mode button on the left, top, and after pressing this button, follow the menu to Focus Bracketing and select it
Go back to the main menu, go to third icon, (camera) and move over to the focus bracketing setting line and select it
Pick auto
Select you interval
Now you should be back to the main LCD view where you have the option to select A or B. As I understand it A is the near point, B is the far point. You can't use AF to set the points, instead the manual focus dial (or wheel as Fuji calls it).
You now can move the focus wheel and dial in the near focus point, A. A in yellow colored and once you have that spotted, hit the menu button. A turns black.
Now, you rotate the focus wheel to the far point and this is where I have issues.
Once I have obtained the spot I want for B, during the move B is yellow and once you hit the menu button, turn black.
Per Fuji, now all you need to do it hit the shutter.
What happens for me, is the camera fires 1 shot which tells me that the camera thinks you only want the shot taken at infinity.
The only way I get the auto method to work, is by:
Manually finding A via manual focus, and hitting the menu button, then finding B via the manual focus but NOT hitting the menu button to set it, instead just hit the shutter button.
Now the camera works perfectly, fires off a series of images, starting at the near point and ending where I manually focused for B.
This does not jive with the way I have read on various forums that it's supposed to work, and the instructions from Fuji are about the worst I have ever seen. I also can't find a video showing the setup, so I would appreciate anyone's feedback.
The Manual mode works perfectly, Once selected, and the 3 settings are made, (frames, step, interval) and I use AF to find the near point, I hit the shutter and it takes the frames.
After calling Fuji 2x on this, I realized that their tech support is clueless on this also, and both folks I spoke with only were familiar with focus bracketing on the X series cameras.
Thanks
Paul
Go to the drive mode button on the left, top, and after pressing this button, follow the menu to Focus Bracketing and select it
Go back to the main menu, go to third icon, (camera) and move over to the focus bracketing setting line and select it
Pick auto
Select you interval
Now you should be back to the main LCD view where you have the option to select A or B. As I understand it A is the near point, B is the far point. You can't use AF to set the points, instead the manual focus dial (or wheel as Fuji calls it).
You now can move the focus wheel and dial in the near focus point, A. A in yellow colored and once you have that spotted, hit the menu button. A turns black.
Now, you rotate the focus wheel to the far point and this is where I have issues.
Once I have obtained the spot I want for B, during the move B is yellow and once you hit the menu button, turn black.
Per Fuji, now all you need to do it hit the shutter.
What happens for me, is the camera fires 1 shot which tells me that the camera thinks you only want the shot taken at infinity.
The only way I get the auto method to work, is by:
Manually finding A via manual focus, and hitting the menu button, then finding B via the manual focus but NOT hitting the menu button to set it, instead just hit the shutter button.
Now the camera works perfectly, fires off a series of images, starting at the near point and ending where I manually focused for B.
This does not jive with the way I have read on various forums that it's supposed to work, and the instructions from Fuji are about the worst I have ever seen. I also can't find a video showing the setup, so I would appreciate anyone's feedback.
The Manual mode works perfectly, Once selected, and the 3 settings are made, (frames, step, interval) and I use AF to find the near point, I hit the shutter and it takes the frames.
After calling Fuji 2x on this, I realized that their tech support is clueless on this also, and both folks I spoke with only were familiar with focus bracketing on the X series cameras.
Thanks
Paul
