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Do you prefer using low, mid, or high apertures for focus stacking?

Started Mar 14, 2018 | Polls thread
beginner_macro
beginner_macro New Member • Posts: 13
Re: Do you prefer using low, mid, or high apertures for focus stacking?

I prefer using F/8 for FSing because there won't be any diffraction. But that's only for still subjects; for more jumpy subjects I use F/11 so that if they jump/fly away I have photos with a larger DOF.

With sharper lenses like the Canon 100mm F2.8L, you can go all the way up to F/18 without obvious diffraction. So, for FSing, I'm trying to get the best DOF without introducing diffraction - for me that means F/8 to F/11.

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