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 **Summary: keep your lens in one place as much as possible.  For larger subjects, focus by ring, not by rail.**
-By the way, there's nothing that says you have to turn the focus ring by hand ("manual").  Many lenses come equipped with motors that are usually used for automatic focus ("AF motor"), but those motors can also be controlled by software running in a computer or tablet that is tethered to the camera.
+By the way, there's nothing that says you have to turn the focus ring by hand ("manual").  Many lenses come equipped with motors that are usually used for automatic focus ("AF motor"), but those motors can also be controlled by software running in a computer or tablet that is tethered to the camera.  Some modern cameras can even shoot by-ring focus stacks by themselves, entirely controlled by firmware and controls in the camera rather than by an attached device.
 Tutorials on a few such software packages (ControlMyNikon, Canon EOS Utility, Nikon Camera Control Pro 2) can be found on our [[http://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker/docs/tutorials/tutorialsindex|Zerene Stacker Tutorials]] page.  Other newer applications include [[http://dslrdashboard.info/|qDslrDashboard]] and [[http://dslrcontroller.com/|DSLR Controller]].  If you're particularly interested in going wireless to a tablet or smartphone, then [[http://camranger.com/|CamRanger]] makes a very slick integrated package.