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- | ====== Using Magic Lantern Firmware on Canon DSLR ====== | + | ====== Using Magic Lantern To Step Focus On Canon DSLR ====== |
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Lantern_%28firmware%29#Magic_Lantern|Magic Lantern]] is a free and open source firmware add-on that extends the functionality of many Canon DSLRs to provide automatic acquisition of focus stacks by controlling the motor inside automatic-focus lenses. Magic Lantern has many other features and can be difficult to learn, so we're providing here a quick recipe for how to use just the focus stacking feature. | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Lantern_%28firmware%29#Magic_Lantern|Magic Lantern]] is a free and open source firmware add-on that extends the functionality of many Canon DSLRs to provide automatic acquisition of focus stacks by controlling the motor inside automatic-focus lenses. Magic Lantern has many other features and can be difficult to learn, so we're providing here a quick recipe for how to use just the focus stacking feature. | ||
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- Press up/down arrows to select "Stack focus". Then press PLAY (or SNAP, if you have that set as a trigger) to begin shooting the stack. (Caution: If you press PLAY without first selecting "Stack focus", you'll just end up back in Live View able to set the focus start and end points.) | - Press up/down arrows to select "Stack focus". Then press PLAY (or SNAP, if you have that set as a trigger) to begin shooting the stack. (Caution: If you press PLAY without first selecting "Stack focus", you'll just end up back in Live View able to set the focus start and end points.) | ||
- | Note: for Stack New Images, it's better to start at the front of the image when focusing this way. If you start at the back you're liable to get edge streaks. At least that's case for the Canon 100 mm macro lens. | + | Magic Lantern works properly with Canon EOS Utility to automatically transfer captured images to a computer when tethered on a USB connection. This allows use of the Stack New Images (PMAX) feature of Zerene Stacker to process the stack while it is being shot. |
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+ | Note: for Stack New Images, it's better to start at the front of the image when focusing this way. If you start at the back you're liable to get edge streaks. At least that's the case for the Canon 100 mm macro lens. | ||