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Re: [Digital BW] OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus

2012-09-29 by Steve Kale

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
> 
> 



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