{"id":30981,"date":"2024-10-21T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=30981"},"modified":"2024-10-21T06:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:46:16","slug":"focus-bracketing-inside-the-sony-a7-iv-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/focus-bracketing-inside-the-sony-a7-iv-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus Bracketing Inside the Sony A7 IV \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I couldn\u2019t resist. I went on Sony\u2019s website and found the pages with the firmware update (4.00). But upon reading the instructions I found out that since my firmware was at version 1.01, I had to first update my camera to version 1.05 before updating to version 4.00. The warning said that if I went straight to 4.00 it would cause an error and then I wouldn\u2019t be able to fix the problem. Well, the camera gods are a jealous bunch and defying them is very unwise so along with many a grumble and even a few mumbles I went through the procedure twice.
\n1.01 to 1.05
\n1.05 to 4.00
\nAnd what do you know? It really worked. The drive menu had new options that included focus bracketing. After following the instructions from a YouTube video<\/a>, I was able to quickly and easily run a quick bracket on a preserved tarantula spider specimen and send it through my focus stacking program (Affinity Photo) and, voila, edge to edge sharpness.<\/p>\n

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Now this was just a quick test. I had a kid\u2019s party starting and barely got the files stacked before I had to go referee grandkids for Camera Girl. But it was definitely a proof of concept and I can see how this will work for even some field shots. Definitely usable for macro shots of plants like mushrooms and such and even for resting or sedate creatures like resting dragonflies and such. Of course, butterflies are out of the question. But a little testing is bound to bring up other applications.
\nSo, all in all, this is an amazing surprise from Sony. Kudos to them for hearing my cries in the wilderness. Bravo, gentlemen, bravo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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