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| Zucca:
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| mawyatt:
Zerene is another stacking program, they have a nice tutorial on such. http://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker The author is also associated with this site, where you can find all sorts of details on image stacking, lenses, cameras and equipment. https://www.photomacrography.net/index.htm Best, |
| armandine2:
I have just ordered myself a Laowa 65mm F2.8 macro for my Fuji mirrorless camera - so I'm getting into this focus bracketing and stacking concept. The X-Pro 2 I have does not have the automatic focus bracketing mode - will see how the Laowa goes with it soon :palm: [edited to add a YouTube link] |
| Conrad Hoffman:
The Nikon Z 105 mm MC lens is great but only goes to 1:1. Within its range it may be one of the best lenses ever built. The newer Z lenses are designed for the large mount and usually have large rear elements to properly direct rays to the sensor. Though you can buy them, extension tubes aren't an optimal solution because the lenses were designed for maximum performance a specific distance from the sensor. Not sure if tubes or aux lenses are the better solution. I usually go to home-machined adapters and specialty lenses to go close. That would be microscope objectives, reversed enlarging lenses or something like the older Nikon Measuring Microscope Objectives. Not a Canon guy so can't make recommendations on that, but there's no shortage of good choices. IMO, focus stacking is todays secret weapon and has raised the image quality bar by a lot. I use the Affinity photo editor, which has a good stacking feature built in. It's inexpensive and does about everything a person would want to do. |
| metebalci:
Any macro lens from a reputable manufacturer would work. I have Sony, Fuji and a large format Nikon and all are great. The actual complexity is to do focus stacking (with automated rails or in camera features), using correct parameters for focus stacking and setting up lights. >=5x magnification is also possible with a custom setup and microscopy lenses but that would probably be unnecessary for electronic components (if not photographing the inside of the components). Another alternative is to use a stereo microscope but focus stacking is not simple (automated focusing stereo microscope is quite expensive). Another very different alternative is to use a view camera and tilt the focus plane to PCB and have a single photo where only the PCB will be in focus. |
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