Helicon Focus is an amazing software program that is pretty intuitive and works very well for shooting layouts.
Procedure is to put camera on a tripod, shoot a number of images at exactly the same exposure, but with each photo putting just a plane in focus. So that one doesn't even need or particularly want a small aperture. Just f:5.6 is plenty. Then drop the images into the program, and lo and behold, it combines the collection of selective focus images into one, amazingly sharp photo. As Bill suggests, good lighting is still a requirement, but I tell you folks, this Helicon Focus is the darndest thing I have used in quite a while. www.helicon.com.ua/pages/focus_overview.html is an example. There is also somthing called Combine Z5, that apparently does the same thing, but I have no experience with it. Cheers :) Roy Inman > From: Bill Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:47:26 -0500 > To: S Scale List <[email protected]> > Subject: {S-Scale List} Photos for Publications > > Hi All, > > I am assuming that the original poster of this message is Brooks Stover > judging by the Yahoo ID. It was not signed. > > I agree with most of what was said except the lights. You still need > daylight compensated photo lights for good model photos if you can't move > your "layout" outside. Fluorescent and incandescent lights are not color > balanced. They produce flat and yellowish images. From my film days I have a > studio flash set that I cant use now since it over exposes every time. I > have since bought a studio hot light set with soft box diffusers. When on > the tripod you can shoot at 1 second if you have to with no problems. > > I have a Fuji S20 Pro. I bought it because it is one of the few reasonably > priced cameras that goes to F11. I have taken over 9000 photos with it so > far. > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 > > See my finished models at: > http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > Importing a Brass S Scale PRR X29 & G26 > http://www.pennsysmodels.com > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > http://www.prrths.com > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE (for now) http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > > See my Altoona train videos here http://www.myspace.com/billlane > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.16/729 - Release Date: 3/21/2007 > 7:52 AM > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
