Stacking?
Aug 30, 2018 12:28:15 #
I believe it is a common practice in micro work. Where they get those awesome shots of small things. Camera on a rail guide and incremental moves forward with a constant lens setting. I wanted to do it, but the bugs wouldn't sit still long enough.
Aug 30, 2018 13:37:50 #
Aug 30, 2018 14:51:32 #
You can do it in camera automatically with the Olympus OMD M1.2 and 60mm macro lens. I believe you can have the shots either combined in camera or left separate for post processing.
elent wrote:
I believe it is a common practice in micro work. Where they get those awesome shots of small things. Camera on a rail guide and incremental moves forward with a constant lens setting. I wanted to do it, but the bugs wouldn't sit still long enough.
Aug 30, 2018 16:55:57 #
I believe it can also refer to a method of viewing photos in LR where several photos can be 'stacked' where only one shows in viewer.
Aug 30, 2018 20:49:24 #
Rich1939 wrote:
I would imagine that with cameras like the Nikon D850 which has a built in stacking function, you could use stacking multiple images of the same low light scene to reduce noise. (Noise being random it could be "filtered" out.)
If someone would give me a D850 I will test the theory
If someone would give me a D850 I will test the theory
Pretty sure that has to be done in software, using Photoshop Smart Objects and a "stackmode" setting. There are also stand alone apps that do that.
Aug 30, 2018 21:08:52 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Hey, you really can stack......lenses anyway!!!
Cute MT, which one is the real coffee cup?
Olympus has stacking with the m4/3rds in the firmware, but you have to use the m4/3rds lenses. The older 4/3rds can't do stacking.Aug 30, 2018 21:15:04 #
Bear123 wrote:
Cute MT, which one is the real coffee cup? Olympus has stacking with the m4/3rds in the firmware, but you have to use the m4/3rds lenses. The older 4/3rds can't do stacking.
Olympus has stacking with the m4/3rds in the firmware, but you have to use the m4/3rds lenses. The older 4/3rds can't do stacking.No coffee cup there, those are all real manual focus film camera lenses.
Aug 30, 2018 21:37:22 #
Very happy to put my 5 cents on this one (pennies no longer exist in Canada). I understand focus stacking in landscape photography, but I am not inclined to ever do it. To me, the skill is in the artistic use of DOF not in the compositing of images to achieve the holy grail of sharpness. I’d be pleased to hear from others on this point. My card reads “Image Creator” not “Photographer”. Every putz with a cellphone or P&S device is now a photographer.
Aug 31, 2018 09:30:24 #
Gene51 wrote:
Pretty sure that has to be done in software, using Photoshop Smart Objects and a "stackmode" setting. There are also stand alone apps that do that.
I should have included that software would be needed. In concept it seems it would work and I just might try it out, one frame at a time.
Aug 31, 2018 12:50:14 #
Rich1939 wrote:
I should have included that software would be needed. In concept it seems it would work and I just might try it out, one frame at a time.
Interesting results. This is a small cropped side by side comparison of a single image vs. a 6 image stack. The noise reduction is noticeable and I have to think that the results would be even more pronounced with more images in the stack. Please download and enlarge.
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