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stacker:docs:troubleshooting:ringversusrail [2019/11/04 16:00] rjlittlefield Add comment about in-camera focus stacks |
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| **Summary: keep your lens in one place as much as possible. For larger subjects, focus by ring, not by rail.** | **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. 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. | + | 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. Many modern cameras even have a feature called **"focus bracketing"** (or something similar) that can shoot by-ring focus stacks automatically, entirely controlled by the camera rather than by an attached device. If your camera is one of those, then we strongly recommend learning to use that feature. |
| - | 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. | + | For use with cameras that do not provide a built-in focus bracketing capability, tutorials on some software packages that can help (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. |
| All of these tools can greatly simplify the task of shooting high quality focus stacks "by ring", especially using modern AF lenses that often have focus rings that are painfully sensitive to turn by hand. | All of these tools can greatly simplify the task of shooting high quality focus stacks "by ring", especially using modern AF lenses that often have focus rings that are painfully sensitive to turn by hand. | ||
| We hope this helps! Please write to [[support@zerenesystems.com]] if you need further assistance with this or any other aspect of focus stacking. | We hope this helps! Please write to [[support@zerenesystems.com]] if you need further assistance with this or any other aspect of focus stacking. | ||