The Image Stacker 5000

[Tremont]

I got bored and custom built precision linear motion into my tripod mount:

119 images

I actually did a 500 image stack last night of a digitata frag, going all the way from the tip down to the base (about 3 inches). But after crunching all night, it did not come out right in the morning.

I am sortof taking this to the extreme for messing around purpose (these were f2.8, 200 ISO @ ~4x magnification). I could get away with doing smaller stacks using a higher ISO, but that would be less fun...

-Tre

 

[Recty]

Was there supposed to be an image associated with this post? I see nothing.

Sounds cool though!

EDIT - Well, I went to quote you to test and you've got image code in your post, so for some reason I just cant see the images.

 

[Tremont]

Sec, I'll imageshack these.

-Tre

 

[Tremont]

-Tre

 

[Recty]

You may have taken things to "the next level" that I'm always hearing about

 

[Tremont]

Just wait until you see my motion controlled sun

-Tre

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

:eek1:

 

[Reef Bass]

Cool! So you precision control the focal plane by moving the tripod mount slightly, v. changing the focus ring on the lens?

 

[Tremont]

Exactly.

I have the stepper motor driver and shutter both controlled by the same board so it can avoid triggering the shutter during a move. It's actually extremely precise, can go down to ~1/1000 of an inch between shots.

Honestly I did my first stack shot with this thing (focus stacking is not it's primary purpose), and I still have a lot to learn about image stacking and the software. The biggest problem I have found so far with high magnification/deep image stacking is that the things in the foreground tend to blur out/block the sharp details in the background...making doing large stacks kind of irrelevant. This will still be great for automating shallower stacks.

-Tre

 

[Reef Bass]

Again with the cool. That is extremely precise. Nicely done.

Now please make it sexy, attachable to a standard tripod mount and massproduce them so I can buy one for $50! And I'd like a USB port to so I can control it from my laptop while remote shooting with my camera (please).

 

[einsteins]

Where can I learn more about Image stacking....?

eins

 

[Hookup]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14806948#post14806948 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by einsteins
Where can I learn more about Image stacking....?

eins

go to www.google.com

Type Image Stacking into the search box
Press Search button

Results 1 and 2 look pretty good to me.

-captain obvious

 

[supercharger]

whoa