[Leica] IMG: rose, focus stacked

[Adam Bridge]

Thanks for taking the time to explain the focus stacking functionality.

I thought I understood how it works but right now I’m not so sure. I THOUGHT I’d put in the # of steps, and the step size and it would do the calculation of how much of a change is required for the focus. But it doesn’t seem to work like that. To get a really deep focus I’d have had to put in 100 instead of 50. That’s a lot of images to record even with an electronic shutter and no delay.

So I’m still learning.

The Fujifilm X-T3 & 4 also have focus bracketing.

The color profiles are quite interesting. The ACROS for monochrome looks really interesting. I guess Fuji supplies them to Adobe who incorporate them into Lightroom? It’s a fascinating capability.

Adam

> On 2020 Apr 27, at 2:04 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> What a beautiful shot!  Love it....
> 
> For the masses..... Adam's GFX has built in focus stacking SW. You input the number of shots you wish to take, the closest and furthest image points, hit a button, and the camera does the rest....  the camera figures out what the optimum focus points are for each stacked photo.
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> ITOD ( in the old days) or if YOUR camera does not have the built in SW, you had to do all of this manually.... Infinitely hard to calculate ( or guess)..... I have done it once with success, and myriad of times with abject failure.
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> Nicely seen, nicely executed and a beautiful subject..  Only the results count... and this is a beauty.
> 
> On 4/27/2020 1:47 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
>> Here’s my first attempt at focus stacking with large images:
>> 
>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Flowers/Studies/i-CSM44KP/A>
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>> Shot with a Fujifilm GFX100. 50 images show in “focus bracketing” mode, electronic shutter.
>> 
>> I only had a few minutes to work before the breeze came up.
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>> There are issues in a few places but I’ll figure out the software Real Soon Now. <grin>
>> 
>> The stacking was done with Helicon Focus. It’s an excellent example of how to use the GPU effectively! It allows the output to be saved as a DNG file which allows greater latitude in development.
>> 
>> In Lightroom I used the ETERNA color profile. Many of the possible profiles, included the default Adobe profile, were simply too vivid compared to the flower I actually saw. That seems to be a trend for the handling of this camera by Adobe - they must have been needing more vibrancy or something.
>> 
>> Comments and thoughts most welcome.
>> 
>> Adam Bridge
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