STOP These APERTURE MISTAKES! (In Architecture Photos)

In many places using a tripod is not always allowed or practical, when I photographed events, I took many establishing photos, I worked by myself and I had to carry all the camera equipment I needed to get through the day so a tripod was something that I would not carry, so I carried a micro 4/3 camera with a high quality wide angle lens, with the smaller sensor I could get a photo with greater depth of field. If I was only shooting interiors and not during events then I could use a different approach much like in your video. many people use full frame camera because of their better low light abilities but in my camera collection I have full frame, APSC and micro 4/3 Bodies because there are times that having a camera that gives you a greater depth of field at any given aperture can come in handy.

You could use Canon's EOS Utility App on a notebook. Much easier to see the results (with remote shooting).
And you can change the focus and trigger the shutter without touching the camera.
You connect the camera with a USB cable. Works great.

Nice report, please give some more information about bracketing in which software🙏

I just discovered your channel. Your videos are one of my favourites I saw recently. Great work and can't wait to see more from you.

Ok, but if you're advocating for f8 then shouldn't you compare a single f8 photo to a single f16 photo focused at the same point? Obviously the stacked f8 is going to look much sharper.... I'm not trying to argue anything other than the test itself is flawed. One of the points you made is that f16 takes longer to shoot, but if you stack f8 then it takes basically the same amount of time. I was waiting for the single f8 comparison to a single f16 and it never came :(

Could you clarify about focusing "1/3rd of the way through" please? I learned photo theory a decade ago so this one escapes me :), thank you!

Yeah... that difference is marked. Even on an average notebook screen and without a side-by-side comparison, the second image immediately jumped out at me. Point taken. Thank you, and have a good one.

My first time here and... oh wow! What a marvelous theme for your photography. In a different life i'd gnaw my own limbs off to have a go at this. Curses! Anyway - thanks for your efforts. Lkd&Subd. All the best from a cabin in a swamp in a rainforest in New Zealand.

Really interesting subjects. Wondered on your thoughts of using IS/IBIS on a tripod with R5 and an IS lens. I thought Canon said leave IS on regardless as camera knows, but many people say turn off IS/IBIS when using a tripod. Have you any thoughts or experiences?

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Why did you manually take three separate shots to focus stack in post, opposed to setting the focus stacking option to three shots in camera with the focus stack menu option?

Thank you so much. This was very useful

So true!

Great videos James. If you were shooting the same scene with a DSLR, do you think your long shutter speed and focus stacking would introduce noticeable vibration into your final image from the mirror and shutter movement?

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Another good 'un!! I think the tendency to stop down to small apertures stems from the good old days of film photography (before digital/photoshop) allowed us the benefits of post processing? Needing maximum depth of field in one shot required these small apertures and associated issues. Focus stacking is the future!!

I'm shooting a Canon EOS R 30mp body using a combination of Canon L and Tamron glass (but, most recently with the original version of the Canon 24mm f/3.5 L tilt shift). And, as you stated in this video, I've also found (the hard way) that focus stacking for interior shots provides the highest quality results. Thanks, much for the instruction and examples; both have been very helpful.

Interesting 😊