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Lens for handheld focus stacking for indoor orchid exhibition

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Brian D3300 Senior Member • Posts: 2,428
Re: Lens for handheld focus stacking for indoor orchid exhibition

drsnoopy wrote:

Brian D3300 wrote:

Try them all at home first to see what you like. My gut says the RF 70-200 f/2.8 will give you the best image quality. Full electronic at 20fps would is my guess on the best results as well due to camera shake but you could try the different modes.

Focus bracketing always uses full electronic shutter at the fastest available frame rate. If you have a slow shutter speed it won’t run faster than the shutter speed allows.

I would suggest trying it with the 50/1.8 and the 70-200, both are listed as compatible, the choice depending on subject and what distance you are working at. Both will give very good results. You don’t need the widest aperture, better to stop down a bit for improved IQ. Bear in mind you can’t use flash, you need continuous lighting, such as natural light or LED.

Ah cool. I did not know that was the only option since that is all I tried.

Good point. I have used a reflector outside as well as a little rectangular continuous light at times. I can't find my original file but it worked pretty well on this Dahlia:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTJCwLEHZb7/

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Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM +3 more
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