Digital BW, The Print

Paul  -
 
Have you looked at the layer capabilities built into HF?
 
Tom Baker


--- On Mon, 7/20/09, pr_roark <pr_roark@...> wrote:


From: pr_roark <pr_roark@...>
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Zone focusing
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 7:53 PM


  



"bertgf" <bertgf@...> wrote:
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> Paul,
> I have been using Helicon Focus for years. I commonly expose 6 and up to 30 frames. I have been very pleased with the results. I photograph flowers exclusively.
> Although I have ALWAYS used a tripod HF ...

I used a tripod with the Canon 5d2. I think the sky artifacts were probably due to there not being any detail on any frame. There were vertical streaks above some bright clouds.

The lack of sharpness in some of the image surprised me, but there is one of the settings in Helicon that seems to suggest some softening may be normal. 

The 5d2 is at the edge of what I consider necessary for the large display prints I target. So, I have very little room for any source of resolution loss. The open question I'm trying to answer with the 5d2 at this point is whether it's adequate. So, I'm doing all I can to eliminate sources of image softness aside from the limits of the 21 mp sensor and the best prime lenses I can find. I have no doubt that Helicon is a great program for its intended uses and within its limits.

I think Granger may be right that if I used the CS4 system of matching layers, I might be able to go back and correct some of the problems more easily. I don't have CS4 now, but it's near the top of the wish list, along with a new computer with the horsepower to handle these programs.

Paul
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