Moving the lens? Don't you mean moving the entire body and lens
assembly on the focusing rail? I'm pretty sure that's what Dr. Focus
told me. :-)
Dr. Flash
On 11/18/2011 6:51 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> http://macrostop.com/
>
> He also likes Zerene stacker better than the free Combine Z. I can see
> why, but the latter isn't really bad after playing with it a bit.
> Curiously he really really likes Big Foot for stacking. The Zuiko 135
> also produces very very nice stacks on a focusing rail. One of those
> RRS screw driven gizmos would be perfect for it and it is easier to use
> with its Tripod mount. Moving the lens also changes framing less per
> Dr. Focus (yes it checks out empirically too) and alignment can be
> easier for the software with fewer artifacts.
>
> The stacking tips are valuable though. Largely learned the hard way
> thus far.
>
>
> Stack Smitten, Mike
>
> "Lens Summary
> Those are some of my main considerations when
> choosing a macro lens. I don’t care how heavy or bulky
> a lens is. Carting these things around is second nature
> to me now. It is easy to see that if we insist on having all
> of the above points in a single lens we quickly are down
> to almost none. In fact the one lens I have that is sharp,
> fast, has a long focus throw, goes to 1:1, and has APO
> is the Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 APO-Lanthar. No other
> lens has all of these features without adding diopters or
> settling for a short focus throw, etc. It is no wonder that
> this lens is in great demand and very expensive. The
> Nikon 105mm VR macro is pretty good as"
>
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