It's still not quite a solid as I'd like, but building a purpose built macro rig will have to wait until I have the money. I punted and created a fixture on which to mount a ballhead which could be clamped to the table top. The floor in the living room my garbage apartment is so "springy" that there was visible movement between the camera on the tripod and the subject on my macro table just from shifting my weight from one foot to the other.
I use DSLR Controller and CombineZP, and I had exactly that problem. I would also edit out the pin once you get to a final image that you like.Ĭanon 80D | 24-105 L | 100mm f/2.8 L IS Macro | MP-E65 f/2.8 1-5x Macro | Tamron 150-600 | Sigma 10mm Fisheye | EF 24mm f/2.8 Pancake | MT-24EX | 600EX-RT | When I stack at 1:1 I usually take about 50 shots, then around 130/150 when I get to 5:1, but how deep you have to stack also depends on the subject and how much from the front to back you want to show sharp. Usually you take more frames the smaller the subject is because the DOF gets smaller as you go more magnified. I can't see any missed frames so the amount you have taken is probably ok for this subject. This will be a little to do with each frame not being perfectly aligned but more from the processing of the stacks, I get the same in Zerene but I adjust the settings to suit to eliminate those as much as possible, the rest is then edited out. I can also see that there are blurred areas/halos around the legs etc. The lighting needs to be well diffused to eliminate or reduce those hotspots on the top of the subject. I don't know what one of the original single shots looks like so I don't know if those blown out areas are from bad lighting or from the processing but I'd guess at lighting. I don't use Helicon as I preferred Zerene after trying both but, I can see that at the top right of the frame there is some banding which usually means there was some movement while taking the shots, that is the first thing you need to address, each frame should be pixel perfect if possible to create the best stack. Mounting directly to a table top will eliminate that problem. I think it might be some motion on my tripod even though I am using a release cable. Not sure if I'm not taking enough shots? I've seen stacked photos using as many as 200 images. I know it's not the camera's fault, not Helicon's fault, that leaves me.
This weekend I will be taking the focusing rail off the tripod and mounting it directly to a table I'll be making strictly for this so I can completely eliminate any chance of tripod movement. It's not terrible, but I want to do better and I've seen some amazing images that I strive for. Taken into PSE11 as a DNG, processed and saved as JPEG.
#HELICON REMOTE STACKSHOT TRIAL#
This is 61 RAW images stacked in Helicon free trial software. I have the Canon 100mm f/2.8 but it needs to go to Canon for repair. My gear: 7D, Desmond focusing rail, canon 85mm f/1.8, my old Mamiya Sekor 55mm F/1.8 reversed on the front of the 85mm. Let me just start by saying that this is not as easy as some people make it look!! I knew that going in.
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