Digital BW, The Print

Bert,

very interesting that you've found something better than Helicon - I didn't
realise there was anything else. Have you used Zerene for just macro
photography or for more general subjects as well (such as landscape) ?

Txs,

Mike

On 14 August 2011 13:37, Bert <bertgf@...> wrote:

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> Paul,
> I have been doing focus stacking for 15 years. I started doing it manually,
> of course, before the term was coined. The first program I purchased was
> Helicon Focus. Then I upgraded to the Pro version. Recently ( a year ago) I
> purchased Zerene. It works better than Helicon, almost no haloing, better
> color fidelity, less cropping for the composited image, and more forgiving
> of variations in exposures. Its only drawback for me is that it averages 4
> seconds per image and Helicon is 2 seconds per image. Since I rarely go
> beyond 20 that is not a deal breaker for me.
>
> BertGF
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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, 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/
> > >
> > > | Dinkla Grafische Techniek |
> > > | www.pigment-print.com |
> > > | ( unvollendet ) |
> > >
> >
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