![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The application of choice for creating stacked photos appears to be Helicon Focus. ![]() That means you don’t have to worry about bumping the camera when adjusting focus and ruining the take. Since there are no moving parts on an iPhone the camera quickly and cleanly advances through the focal distances without having to adjust the lens. I generally set the image count to 10, but will increase that number if it’s a deeper scene. You can roll through the manual focus to find the range. Set the bracket type to Focus and adjust the minimum and maximum focus distance. For model railroad photography, a good rule of thumb is to get low and tight. Take your time and find an angle that tells a story by focusing and directing the viewer to what you want them to see. The techniques that make appealing compositions are well beyond the scope of this entry, but needless to say focus stacking will not make a bad image better. Instead I use the CameraPixels app from Basic Pixels, which offers full-manual controls and the ability to bracket images. Second, I don’t use the built-in camera app on my iPhone, since it does not offer the ability to easily adjust focus, white balance, ISO, and so on. I can quickly AirDrop images to my laptop for editing and retouching. My iPhone XR has far superior image quality in a smaller form factor, allowing me to get it into tight quarters on the layout. Step One: Shooting the Stackįirst off, I no longer use my DSLR for any layout photography, stacked or otherwise. It just took technology a while to get to the point where I was capable and comfortable in making it happen. I had seen what others, notably Paul Dolkos, had done with model photography and wanted to do the same. Stacked photography has fundamentally changed how I document and share images of The Hills Line, both online and in print. Each sequence of photos will be numbered from 0001 and stored in its own folder, which you may find helpful when copying the images to a computer.Let’s open up the ol’ Hills Line mailbag… I see you do stacked focus photography…could you dedicate an article about it for us newbies? Starting storage folder: We recommend that you select both New folder and Reset file numbering. Choose Off to prevent flicker when shooting under fluorescent or mercury-vapor lighting (if flicker persists, enable Flicker reduction in the photo shooting menu or choose a shutter speed adapted to the frequency of the local power supply: 1/125 s, 1/60 s, or 1/30 s for 60 Hz 1/100 s, 1/50 s, or 1/25 s for 50 Hz). Silent photography: Choosing On (recommended) limits camera shake and reduces power consumption and wear on the shutter. Interval until next shot: 00 is recommended unless you are using a flash, in which case the interval needs to be long enough for the flash to charge.Įxposure smoothing: Off is recommended if lighting and other conditions will not change during shooting, On when photographing landscapes and the like under variable lighting. Try experimenting with different settings before shooting. See “Choosing the Number of Shots” ( see this section).įocus step width: A value of 5 or less is recommended, as higher settings increase the risk that some areas will be out of focus when the photos are stacked ( see this section). We recommend taking more shots than you think you'll need and winnowing them down during focus stacking. of shots: You may need over a 100 shots for a close-up or an insect or other small object, while only a few are required when photographing a landscape from front to back with a wide-angle lens. Choose New folder to create a new folder for each new focus shift sequence, Reset file numbering to reset file numbering to 0001 when a new folder is created. Starting storage folder: Highlight options and press to select or deselect. Silent photography: Select On to silence the shutter during shooting. Select 00 to take photos at approximately 5 fps (release modes S, CL, CH, and MUP) or 3 fps (release modes Q and QC).Įxposure smoothing: If On is selected, the camera will adjust the exposure for each new shot to match the immediately preceding shot. Interval until next shot: The time between shots, in seconds. The options available range from 1 to 10: choose lower values for smaller steps, higher values for larger steps. of shots: Choose the number of shots (up to 300) that you will need when performing focus stacking.įocus step width: Choose the amount the focus distance changes with each shot. The camera will change the focus distance by the selected amount with each shot. The Focus shift shooting item in the photo shooting menu is used to adjust settings for focus shift photography. ![]()
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