Thanks for the links Mike. I hope to review them soon.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/1/2013 6:19 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Philippe,
> Marnie sends her regards to you and Alice though she spent most of New
> Year's in bed
> recovering from a bad cold.
>
> One can focus stack with Photoshop with align routine and merge but
> easier with a software package. One takes several shots with fine
> gradation of focus either
> using a focusing rail or the helicoid if it is "long throw" enough. I
> open the raw files in Bridge so they can be synchronized and then if
> using CombineZ (free) have to save a jpg as it will not handle
> 16 bit files. Zerene stacker will, and is probably a better program
> with more intuitive interface and will handle "sub stacks" w/o a bunch
> of fussing. Most software gets balled up with some elements in focus
> at different levels of the stack--best to stack them separately.
> (pesky hair like structures are the usual culprit) Sometimes best to
> include a stopped down image as the final image so it doesn't appear
> the dof falls off a cliff.
>
> http://www.laurieknight.net/article/view/7 Might be worth
> checking out some of the rest of this site if interested.
>
>
>
> http://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/Installation.htm
>
>
> http://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker
>
> Not clear to me that Helicon focus is worth the $$$$
>
> Thanks for looking. Enjoyed your nice shot and am not 100% sure, but
> may recognize the excellent person constituting part of the bokeh.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
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