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Lens for handheld focus stacking for indoor orchid exhibition

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KevinRA Senior Member • Posts: 1,457
Re: Lens for handheld focus stacking for indoor orchid exhibition
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JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

I am looking for a lens recommendation for handheld focus stacking (stacking will be done in Canon DPP, don't care about in-camera stacking) for indoor orchid exhibition.

I did try focus stacking in the past with RF 24-205 STM but I was using tripod.

I will use R5 and have following lenses available:

RF 50 f/1.8 STM

RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 is stm

RF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

RF 15-30 STM IS

Which one would produce the best results? I am thinking RF 50 f/1.8 because it is lightweight and has wide aperture.

Also looking for camera setting recommendation for focus stacking for this scenario.

50mm lens  at f2.8.

You probably already expert in this - orchids can be quite challenging in photostacking due to the detail of the flowers - e.g. parts of flowers / plants in front of other parts so when out of focus in the foreground, this blooms across the background when focussed there.  Helicon Soft I find better than DPP but usually in complex shots end up with some re-touching in helicon then on pixel peeping, using photoshop too.

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Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS R5 Canon EOS R7 Canon EOS R10 Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM +14 more
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