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.

And speaking of lighting, I was playing around with R7 and RF 35mm f1.8 the other day with a Funko thingie (a Green Lantern figurine). After playing around, I found that the stacking worked great at aperture 3.5, for my distance and subject.  I was just using the poor default lighting in my room, and set the iso to 100 (why not?) and let the camera handle the shutter. It set the aperture between 0.5s and 1.3s (I did 3 or 4 stacks) and the camera gave me several nicely stacked results. I shot from a tripod. I can't wait to try this outside as I often do macro against a bridge, so I'll use that to stabilize the camera rather than using a tripod.  Then I'll just need a bug that isn't moving.