PanoTools NG:
Re: Some Focus Stacking Questions
Iwar Treskon 2010-Feb-07 00:21:57
The book: Photographic Multishot Techniques (Rocky Nook publishing)
clearly advises to use macro focusing rail for precision focusing.
Stitching in Photoshop, Combine ZM, Photo Acute or best in Helicon
Focus. Haven't try it yet, only yesterday I have bought Manfrotto 3419
rail. Still missing the software
Iwar
On 7/02/2010 11:10 a.m., Bernhard Vogl wrote:
> I'm currently experimenting with focus stacking for high resolution
> images of small (but not microscopic) items. I've already browsed
> through Rik Littlefield's wealthy collection of information but i'd be
> specifically interested in answers about...:
>
> - I'm always confused about the different jobs pano12.dll and PTStitcher
> are for. Or - in other words - does it make sense to experiment with
> "pano12 focus stacking" capabilities considering a possible speedup
> through PTStitcherNG?
> - There is a small difference between stacking the images through
> changing the focus and moving the camera but visually it is very
> subtile. For my needs, it would be easier to stack the images by moving
> the camera, so i want to ensure that i didn't potentially miss an
> essential problem before starting to build some weird contraption for
> shooting. Has anyone some deeper information on the differences how the
> image changes by turning the focus vs. moving the camera?
>
> Thanks for any help in advantage!
> Bernhard
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