New Item for “Focus Shift Shooting” in Photo Shooting Menu: “Options”

[Options] is added under [Focus shift shooting] in the photo shooting menu to enable [Pixel shift shooting]. Select [Pixel shift shooting] to pixel shift at each focus shift interval to take higher resolution shots that will later be combined using focus stacking.

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Highlighting [Options] and pressing 2 displays the following options.

Option	Description
[Pixel shift shooting]	Highlight [Pixel shift shooting] and press J to display the [Number of shots] and [Interval until next shot] items. [Number of shots]: Select the number of pixel shift shots taken at each focus shift interval. Long series require more time to record but produce better-quality results when merged into a single image. [Interval until next shot]: Choose the interval between pixel shift shots, in seconds.
[Off]	Perform focus shift shooting without pixel shift.

Option

Description

[Pixel shift shooting]

Highlight [Pixel shift shooting] and press J to display the [Number of shots] and [Interval until next shot] items.

[Number of shots]: Select the number of pixel shift shots taken at each focus shift interval. Long series require more time to record but produce better-quality results when merged into a single image.
[Interval until next shot]: Choose the interval between pixel shift shots, in seconds.

[Off]

Perform focus shift shooting without pixel shift.

Select [Focus shift shooting] in the photo shooting menu, highlight [Start], and press J; 9 and Z icons flash in the control panel and shooting starts after about 5 s.
To end shooting before all shots have been taken, press the shutter-release button halfway or press the J button between shots.

Cautions: “Options” > “Pixel Shift Shooting”

Take photos at the interval set by [Pixel shift shooting] > [Interval until next shot] rather than [Focus shift shooting] > [Interval until next shot].
The focus mode for autofocus is fixed at AF-S. If the option currently selected for AF-area mode is available only with AF-C, the AF-area mode will switch to single-point AF.