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Lens for handheld focus stacking for indoor orchid exhibition

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robgendreau Forum Pro • Posts: 10,917
Re: Lens for handheld focus stacking for indoor orchid exhibition

A tough but very practical question.

I'd test at home, gradually lowering the illumination.

There are several variables at work that all interact: the exposure, MFD, and IBIS. Not to mention maybe relying on some cropping. Still helps to be able to stop down a bit, and you can probably push ISO a ways. And finally, you'd get different looks with different focal lengths too, especially if you need some subject isolation via that choice.

I am also not sure which of those lenses, if any, suffer from focus breathing. Although very skillful movement of the body with fixed focus and some burst shooting vs using camera assisted focus bracketing can work for that. Tough without a support though.

I'm sure we'd love for someone to do a complete series of experiments with examples and let us know

Good luck,

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