StackShot’s simple user-interface makes the automation of the entire image collecting process for focus stacking very easy.Īccuracy: Step size adjustment from full length of the rail 100 mm down to 2 um. StackShot is an electronically controlled macro rail system that coordinates the movement of the macro rail and the triggering of the camera. Repeatable Collection of Images for Focus Stacking - StackShot No shutter cable is required if used with Helicon Remote.
The shutter cable is required if using StackShot stand alone (with no computer) or with Zerene Stacker. It allows the StackShot controller to control your camera to make the image capturing process completely automated. The shutter cable is the communication link between the camera and StackShot. The StackShot 3X Macro Rail package includes everything you will need to automate the image collection process for focus stacking except the camera specific shutter cable. Here is a quick comparison of the two controllers. StackShot 3X features all of the stacking modes in the original single axis StackShot and a whole lot more. By adding additional rotary tables and linear rails the system can be configured to capture virtual objects, do panoramic focus stacking, create giga-pixel images, make shoot move shoot time lapse movies or do real time video moves. StackShot 3X takes automated focus stacking to the next level by featuring a touch screen interface for easy setup and two additional motor control channels to make even the most complex stacking operations and motion control moves easy to execute. This is where StackShot comes in, it is an automated focusing rail for repeatably collecting images for focus stacking. Additionally, sub-millimeter steps are difficult at best. There is a lack of accuracy, reproducibility, speed, and precision. Unfortunately there are several drawbacks.
These macro rails allow the distance to be adjusted and provide a crude manual method for taking the series of shots required for focus stacking.
Most macro photographers are familiar with using a macro rail to adjust the camera’s position relative to the subject of interest. Ideally each of these images is taken at a fixed distance interval.
The images are usually collected with a macro rail and combined using a software program such as Zerene Stacker or Helicon Focus. Focus stacking is the art of digitally combining a series of images with a narrow depth of field into a single image with an extended depth. How do photographers capture that stunning shot at high magnification and still have great depth of field? Enter focus stacking. Unfortunately macro photographs often suffer from a narrow depth of field. It brings to life detail that the human eye all too often misses. Macro-photography is a fascinating sub-set of the photographic world. StackShot 3X - Automated Macro Rail for Focus Stacking (the next generation)