Setting two focus points

[Testcatt]

Hi,

 

This is probably the wrong forum to post to but I recently bought a Canon 80D DSLR camera and have been testing it a little bit and was wondering if it's possible to set two focus points and then make the camera jump from one focus point to another.

 

This is a bit hard to explain but it's kind of like this shot https://gfycat.com/ImpoliteLegalAtlasmoth

 

I'm trying to get a shot where it's not in focus and then in focus, is this only possible manually? I got that shot by turning off "Movie AF" and focusing it all the out of focus and then turning at back on and letting the camera focus it correctly.

 

I kind of can't do this manually because my cheap tripod shakes around when i'm manually changing the focus and then the whole shot gets ruined.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

 

 

[AkiraDaarkst]

5 hours ago, Testcatt said:

Hi,

 

This is probably the wrong forum to post to but I recently bought a Canon 80D DSLR camera and have been testing it a little bit and was wondering if it's possible to set two focus points and then make the camera jump from one focus point to another.

 

This is a bit hard to explain but it's kind of like this shot https://gfycat.com/ImpoliteLegalAtlasmoth

 

I'm trying to get a shot where it's not in focus and then in focus, is this only possible manually? I got that shot by turning off "Movie AF" and focusing it all the out of focus and then turning at back on and letting the camera focus it correctly.

 

I kind of can't do this manually because my cheap tripod shakes around when i'm manually changing the focus and then the whole shot gets ruined.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

 

 

If you want to do focus pulling manually, invest in a follow focus.  You can find cheap models on eBay.

[zdog16]

It's probably not possible on an 80D, that's a video feature that is usually only available on medium to high end camcorders. Most motorized Follow focus systems will do it, but they are expensive and complicated. 

[xQubeZx]

As the others have said something like a follow focus could help. Or maybe just a sturdier tripod so you can do it manually. 

[Mihle]

When doing it manually, it might be easier to do it backwards, an then reverse it in post.

[AkiraDaarkst]

2 hours ago, zdog16 said:

It's probably not possible on an 80D, that's a video feature that is usually only available on medium to high end camcorders. Most motorized Follow focus systems will do it, but they are expensive and complicated. 

A motorized FF system is not really necessary, a sturdy tripod or rig and a mechanical FF system or anything that puts a set of gears or levers in between the human hand and the lens' focus ring will do the job.  Another issue I would foresee is the back LCD on a DSLR like the 80D is pretty small.  A larger monitor would be better for accurate manual focus pulling.