![]() (Blue Ring lenses not required, excludes the use of any zoom lenses) No guessing required, the math has been built into all prime autofocus lenses available to mount to the XF, so that based on your start and end points, your aperture and the specific pixel specifics of your attached digital back, the camera will provide a image count perfectly and repeatably. This time, I shot a hundred, and with the Focus Stack Tool, it took less than 3 minutes.Įdit 08/19/20: Since writing this, the power of the Focus Stack Tool has increased again via the free firmware Feature #3 update by auto populating the shot count of any given setup. Based on the number of soft areas in the frame, I later realized that I needed to shoot at least 60 frames to get the whole thing in focus. In my previous test while shooting the manually driven focus stack, I was able to shoot the 48 images of the tire in just over 10 minutes. In my first attempts at focus stacking, (see blog post “IQ3-100 Live View using Capture Pilot for Macro Focusing” ) I was using manual focus and live view at 100% through my iPad, focusing and shooting, focusing and shooting, and only later realized that 48 manually driven slices were not enough to adequately cover the depth of field I was trying to achieve.Įnter Feature Update #2 from Phase One on the XF and built in focus stacking Perfect in the studio or in the field, the Focus Stack Tool results in image sequences perfect for integration into post processing solutions like Helicon Focus…” You set the parameters and the XF Camera System does the rest. Per Phase One: “With added focus control, the XF Camera System can now systematically capture a sequence of images while precisely adjusting focus for each frame. ![]() My process has since refined and with the help of the XF’s focus stacking tool my results hit a new level of success. The first time I attempted focus stacking I admittedly used a method that was lacking in perfection, but it still rendered some fun results from the process. ![]()
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