You can use EOS Utility http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14569 On 29 Sep 2012, at 16:56, Ernst Dinkla wrote: > On 09/29/2012 05:28 PM, Paul Roark wrote: > > 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 > > > > Canon could not have chosen a better moment than the introduction of the > 5D III for that feature. I did not happen. There is third party firmware > for older Canons that has some form of it so they must have been aware > of the possibility. > > Well there is something to say for a larger display and still be able to > fit that tablet in a pocket coat. > > Forgotten to add the Photohop CS5 automated routes possible in stacking. > It looks like it could do the job too and still offer manual editing steps. > > -- > Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst > > Dinkla Grafische Techniek > Quad, pi�zografie, gicl�e > www.pigment-print.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Digital BW] OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2012-09-29 by Steve Kale
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