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- | ====== Using ControlMyNikon ====== | + | ====== Using ControlMyNikon To Step Focus ====== |
- | [[http://www.controlmynikon.com/|ControlMyNikon]] is a inexpensive piece of 3rd party software that can automatically control your Nikon camera from a Windows computer to shoot a focus stack. ControlMyNikon comes with a comprehensive set of video tutorials, but it can take quite a while to watch those and pick out the few bits you really need to get started. This tutorial is intended to be a quick-start guide for new users of ControlMyNikon v2.9. | + | [[https://tetherscript.com/controlmynikon-home/|ControlMyNikon]] is a inexpensive piece of 3rd party software that can automatically control your Nikon camera from a Windows computer to shoot a focus stack. ControlMyNikon comes with a comprehensive set of video tutorials, but it can take quite a while to watch those and pick out the few bits you really need to get started. This tutorial is intended to be a quick-start guide for new users of ControlMyNikon v2.9. |
===== Just The Recipe ===== | ===== Just The Recipe ===== | ||
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===== Choosing Good Step Size and Number of Slices ===== | ===== Choosing Good Step Size and Number of Slices ===== | ||
- | The step size per slice depends on your lens and settings. At f/16, 100 steps per slice is a good value for initial testing. | + | The step size per slice depends on your lens and settings. At f/16, a step size of 100 per slice is a good value for initial testing. |
Here is a good procedure for getting a better value: | Here is a good procedure for getting a better value: | ||
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- | * Once you know a good step size for one aperture, then you can calculate step sizes for other apertures because they're proportional to the f-number. For example if you can use 80 steps at f/8, then use 160 steps for f/16 but only 56 steps at f/5.6. In this case the number of steps is just 10 times the f-number. The multiplier will be different for other lenses and for different focal lengths with a zoom lens. | + | * Once you know a good step size for one aperture, then you can calculate step sizes for other apertures because they're proportional to the f-number. For example if you can use a step size of 80 at f/8, then use step size 160 for f/16 but only step size 56 at f/5.6. In this case the step size is just 10 times the f-number. The multiplier will be different for other lenses and for different focal lengths with a zoom lens. |
Now, to determine the number of slices: | Now, to determine the number of slices: |