That's a real bargain! I've had my eyes on one at my local pusher that is
new in box. It's been there for a couple of decades at least, and has the
dust layer to prove it, but no discount, alas.
My ratio of successful attempts at focus stacking is below one in ten.
Mostly because I fail to produce evenly spaced focus shifts between each
shot. :-(
Jostein
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Fra: John
Dato: 2. desember 2013 01:25
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Emne: Re: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)
I've got a Pentax Macro Focus Rail III or some such I found in a
discount bin at one of the local independent cameras stores that Pentax
dumped back around the time Hoya bought them. Got it for something like
$20 IIRC.
It doesn't have any kind of motor but it works Ok.
On 12/1/2013 10:03 AM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote:
Ah, but that's argumentation to *avoid* the investment, John. :-)
Jotein
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Subject: Re: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)
$525 (plus tax, tags & dealer prep fees) vs $49.95 for the manual rail
from Adorama?
I wonder what kind of lens I might find somewhere like KEH for the $475
difference?
On 12/1/2013 8:18 AM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote:
With a focus rail, you still have to move focus by hand. I was thinking
about tools like this one:
http://www.cognisys-inc.com/stackshot/stackshot.php
Jostein
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Subject: Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)
On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
<p...@alunfoto.no> wrote:
Well done, Bill!
I'm curious to know if you move focus by hand or use some kind of
device for
it. I have been looking at several tools for the purpose, but haven't
been
able to justify the investment just yet.
Jostein
http://www.kaiser-fototechnik.de/en/produkte/2_1_produktanzeige.asp?nr=5534
Didn't try focus stack with it (yet), just setting the magnification
on the macro lens, then focusing by moving the camera.
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