Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ernst,

I have not used the software you mention yet, though I will look into it.
 I'm convinced the auto-everything camera manufacturers will integrate this
feature into their systems at some point.

I find I do a lot of manual work still.  I should actually rephrase that a
bit.  I find that my manual work usually produces better results, probably
because there is movement between the frames.  The movement is both from
the fact that I now hand hold most shots (a huge change from the past) and
the subject matter moves.  A good example is the first shot at
http://www.paulroark.com/Yosemite.html .  The waves on Lake Tenaya not only
threw the software off, but the final that it produced did not coordinate
them in a sensible fashion.

With most of my shooting, 2 frames or a maximum 3 frames (the left side of
http://www.paulroark.com/Notre-Dame-View.jpg) are enough to get the depth
of focus I need.  Most often a 2-shot is covering a sweeping landscape like
Lake Tenaya.  It is so easy to manually merge this type of shot, that I
don't see much need for software.  Where a Helicon is really needed is with
the macro photography where there are lots of shots, and, importantly, the
camera is on a tripod and the subject does not move.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Ernst Dinkla
<e.dinkla@...>wrote:

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>
>
> Paul, getting back to this topic, with a Nexus 7 bought recently after
> its launch in EU there was my chance to use the Android DSLR Controller
> app made by Chainfire (actually a Dutch company J.B.Jongma) to control
> my 5D II. I guess the most feature rich DSLR controller available and
> still improving. Very impressed by it. You need a USB TGO cable for the
> Nexus or whatever compatible Android
>
> http://dslrcontroller.com/
>
> Focus bracketing aboard since January with gradual improvements after
> that according the development log. Is nice and flexible in use.
>
> Did you use it?
> What is the preferred stacker software now, Zerene was mentioned,
> Helicon too?
>
> > It was inevitable that people would find a way to automate this. Now
> > Canon has to do so internally and quickly enough to do hand held.
> >
> > It looks like there is a free software package for merging the focus
> > stacks. I'm still doing it manually for the most part. I'll give that
> > free software a try on one of my recent stacks and see how it works.
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>, Ernst Dinkla
> > <edinkla@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 04/01/2011 09:16 PM, Ernst Dinkla wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A kind of bracketing for the focus shift would be a nice feature for
> > > > this. Setting the first focus and the steps to infinity done
> > > > automatically for the next frames.
> > >
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > Getting back to this; there are some remote solutions to control
> > > focusing on DSLRs usually a USB connection is needed. For example:
> > > http://www.breezesys.com/DSLRRemotePro/features.htm
> > > http://www.okii.net/product_p/ct-001.htm?1=1&CartID=0
> > >
> > > With more remote controllers/software available including iPhone and
> > > Android versions I think focus bracketing could be added to the
> software
> > > features if not available already.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst
> > >
> > > Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst
>
> Dinkla Grafische Techniek
> Quad, piëzografie, giclée
> www.pigment-print.com
>
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