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Focus versus Rail stacking Poll

Started Jun 11, 2019 | Polls thread
xpatUSA
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Re: Focus versus Rail stacking Poll

Bill Janes wrote:

mawyatt2002 wrote:

A lot depends on the subject magnification, lower magnifications favor lens focusing if possible, higher magnifications favor moving camera/lens and or subject.

There have been lots of discussions from experts on this subject over at Photomacrography site.

http://www.photomacrography.net

Best,

+1

Rik Littlefield, author of Zerene Stacker and one of the moderators of the above forum, has a good post on this subject. Which method to use depends mainly on the magnification.

Thanks for the links, gents. Reading them as we speak ...

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